Digital BW, The Print

Hello Ernst,

>>The 100% carbon approach is not for maximum smoothness but for 
>>the most stable print.  It uses no crossovers and no dilute inks. 
>>The only reason it is reasonably smooth is that it uses the 1.5 
>>picoliter dots of the R800/1800, and it uses 3 channels to hide 
>>the microbanding.
> 
>Which has been my theoretical advice for the best BO 
>printing possible when Clayton Jones wrote his first 
>messages on BO printing in this list and not everyone could 
>get the quality Clayton got. Next step in quality would be 
>more weaving strokes.

I remember your recommendations in those days.  I sort of grasped the
concept but didn't have the technical know-how to implement it.  It
has taken Paul's knowledge to make it happen.  I've been following
this thread with much interest, and Paul recently sent me some print
samples. 


>...At the same time the small black dots give the graphic
>qualities Clayton liked: paper color less filtered overall,
>ink color hardly visible, high detail contrast.

It is by far the best BO I've seen - much smoother, random dither
pattern without banding, and still has the qualities that make it such
a powerful method, especially BO's beautiful black on the various papers.


Regards,
Clayton


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