Digital BW, The Print

Alan, while I don't have the experience with the variety of printers that many of the other 
members of this group do...we've had a great success of teaching students on the Epson 
2400 printers with Red River papers...beautiful quality using the Advanced Black and White 
(ABW) mode on the printer for B&W prints; and using Red River's profiles for profile RGB 
printing from PS CS2.  Red River's downloadable profiles for the 2400 are as close as you 
could hope for.  ABW will take a bit of testing on your paper to maximize quality.

Easy, and good quality!

-Barry Snidow


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "atrembly2001" <atrembly@...> 
wrote:
>
> Greetings Group,
> 
> I am a new member with a traditional b&w film/darkroom background and 
> now converted to digital. I've been blown away by the quality of some 
> b&w digital prints I saw recently and am totally fascinated with 
> creating b&w images from the rgb digital pix I am taking now. I work 
> in PSCS and am reasonably proficient. I'm fairly pleased with the 
> channel mixer style of creating b&w (but always open to trying new 
> methods) and I'm ready to take the next step and print. I need some 
> recommendations and advice for:
> 
> Printers - I have a preference for HP products but will listen to 
> group wisdom
> 
> Inks - I'm guessing that I must replace the standard color inks with 
> grayscale inks - what is involved, software, drivers, etc? Who makes 
> the best inks?
> 
> Papers - I print alot so super expensive papers are not good for my 
> wallet. I tend to favor matte or semi-gloss papers and sometimes 
> print duotone
> 
> Any and all help and advice is much appreciated.
> 
> Alan Trembly
> atrembly@...
>