Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Barry. Can you give a bit more on Red River and where I can 
get it/them?

Alan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Barry" 
<barrysnidow@...> wrote:
>
> 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@
> >
>