Digital BW, The Print

Trust me, I know about the head spinning thing. It can be daunting and time consuming to 
search the archives but I've found it's very worthwhile. That said, I'm sure you will get 
enough immediate replies to get you started in your quest for Lenswork-type prints. There 
are some individuals on this forum that have work published in Lenswork, so hopefully 
they will see your post.

I'm not a good person to ask, as far as those type of prints go. I am currently exploring 
Paul Roark's MK3 (black only, 3 channel) and Eboni-6 methods (available for older Epson's 
in about a month), using only carbon inks. Prior, I have been printing BO (black only, 
single channel) on a 2200 with Eboni with matte papers (see Clayton Jones's excellent 
website on this topic), specifically Premier Art Hot Press or Hahnemuhle. My high contrst 
work is well suited for it. I do highly recommend QTR as a RIP, especially if you want to 
create your own ICC profiles. However, I know a lot of people equally love the others you 
mentioned just as well. It is indeed a matter of personal preference.

Have you read any of Paul Roark's stuff? You mention UT-3D so perhaps you have. But I 
would take a look at his PDFs...a wealth of options there.

http://www.paulroark.com/

I would also check out Tyler Boley's website. I believe he is giving a master printing 
workshop in May, if you are anywhere near Berkely, Ca. He's an incredible printer and 
photographer, with extensive piezography experience.

I wish you all the best here. I feel so fortunate to have found this forum...it has helped me 
tremendously. The knowledge is varied and people are very forthcoming and generous 
sharing it.

best,
Sarah


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "c1asia" <c1asia@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Sarah.  The reason I posted this message was because when I 
> searched the archives, my head started to spin.  There is so much 
> information that I can't possibly weed through it all; let alone trying 
> to make sense of all the finer points.  I was hoping that people can 
> provide their thoughts.  I agree it's an individual thing but I just 
> want a starting point and then form my own opinion over time.  Besides, 
> things change constantly so it's nice to stimulate new conversations as 
> new ideas may emerge.
> 
> So let me ask you... which inkset would you prefer and why?
>