Digital BW, The Print

Hello C. David,

>For me as well. Not so much on the "goodness" of Tyler's prints, I 
>have seen those often enough to be aware they are outstanding, but 
>rather on the "badness" of the 9800 OEM print. Nothing about the 
>scan or description of this print fits with my experience of what 
>this combination is capable of. Other scans at similar scale of AWB, 
>Espon Color, and similar setups offer much smoother, more effective 
>coverage than this sample. 

I wondered about that.  He did say RGB driver, not ABW

 "...these are sections about .8" high, one from the 
 9800 UCK3 w/ RGB driver and custom profile on HPR..."

I've never tried a 2400 BW print without ABW.  Do you suppose that is
doing it?  Hmmm...I think it's time for a test.  


>...an unusually bad OEM print, one that certainly does not reflect 
>what I am seeing daily working with K3 printers... 

I have not done any such comparison, but I do know that my ABW prints
can clearly render amazingly fine detail, especially from my larger
6x7 and 4x5 negs that have something to render.

And now to the test...I'll report back later.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm