Digital BW, The Print

I agree with Tyler.  
I have set up several printers over time to print with different brands of  
B/W inksets, starting with Cone's PiezoTone cool tone inks in a 1280. I put 
warm  tone in another 1280. Mediastreet GQ went into a 2200. After I sold the 2 
1280's  and Cone developed NK 7 inks, I loaded a 4000 with NK 7 and another 
4000 with a  split tone NK7 set. 
What I found was that it all depended on the image, as to which inkset I  
wanted to use. I have files of images on film from almost 60 years of  
photographing, 18 as a professional. I shot everything under the sun, from here  at 
home, to Europe, the Caribbean and West Africa. Lighting conditions, subject  
matter and my interpretation all contributed to my decisions on inksets to print  
with, just as in the darkroom, I would switch paper, and/or developer to pull  
the print I wanted.
There is no silver bullet, or easy answer to your question. You are the  
arbiter and it's your call on that one. If you don't want to do your own testing  
and experimenting, send a file to someone using a different inkset and ask 
them  to print it. And after you find the inkset, there's the choice of  
paper.......
 
Richard Massie
 
 
In a message dated 1/1/2008 12:15:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tyler@... writes:

I just  don't think there's a blanket answer to that. It depends on so many 
individual  
subjective things, particularly the nature of your imagery, and your  
personal preferences 
about B&W prints.
The other reason there may  be few replies, I don't suppose there are many 
that have 
extensive  experience with both systems and feel qualified to answer.
Tyler

---  In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ferdinand_paris"  
<ferdinand_paris@...> wrote:
>
> --- In  DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
>  <pr_roark@> wrote:
> > I don't think the group shrinks from  controversy.  You probably just
> > summarized the main points,  so no need to add more.
> 
> I guess the bottom line question  remains:  are the pluses of Cone
> worth the considerable extra  cost? 
> 
> F_P
>





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