Digital BW, The Print

Hello All,

I've just posted details on a simple 2-channel Eboni BO technique with
QTR for the R200/220 printers that works amazingly well.  It was
inspired by Paul's 3MK approach (but quite different in how it's
done).  I'm calling it 2KBO.

It was an act of desperation because the K channel on my R200 clogged
permanently after several weeks of inactivity (tried everything, Steve
Karafyllakis even came over with his bag of magic tricks and couldn't
unclog it).

I wanted to continue making BO prints, but didn't want to spend $ on
an R800.  What got me onto this was Steve telling me that the LC, LM
and Y channels in these printers print finer dots than K, M and C, so
perhaps a multi channel approach might be effective and make a better
BO print (and I wouldn't have to buy a new printer).

The end result is prints that are almost as smooth as Paul's 3MK
samples, far better than I expected.  Full details are in the article,
here's the link

 http://www.cjcom.net/articles/digiprn3c.htm

One question I haven't answered yet is whether a 3rd channel would be
any better, given that this this printer has just 3.5 pl dots.  I only
had two Eboni carts at the moment and was under time pressure so I
just proceeded with two.  The results are so close to 3MK results, I'm
not sure if a 3rd channel would be worth it without smaller dots.  Any
opinions?

Regards,
Clayton


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