Digital BW, The Print

Hello Frank,

Welcome to the forum.

>I also tried out Clayton Jones BO method, but the prints have very 
>strong contrast with no details in black areas. Is there any 
>workaround related to this...

If you see dark zone details on screen you should be able to get them
on paper, whether using BO or any other printing method.  If you're
not it could be caused by various things.  With the BO technique the
trick is to choose an image profile that gets a good screen to print
match, so what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG).  This profile can
vary depending on your monitor/video card, etc. My suggestion of using
DG20 is just a starting point because it's in the middle of the range.

The proof paper you use to set this up is also important because
papers have different contrast curves.  I always recommend using EEM
because it's inexpensive, has good dmax, and has a contrast/density
range that's right in the middle of where many of the best papers are.
 Once you have this properly set up you'll adjust your image to look
good on screen and you'll get very close to that on paper, depending
on which paper you use.  Final prints on other papers sometimes need a
paper curve layer with some slight tweaking to match the proof print.
In article #4 there is a detailed discussion for all this.   

Regards,
Clayton


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