Digital BW, The Print

No, control is NOT the issue, print quality is the ONLY criteria.
Interesting results tonight.  I have a scanned 4x5 bw image of the the
general store at Bodie, CA (the ghost town).  It has a very full range
of tones so I thought it would be a good test.  I also included a step
table showing the grays from 0-255.
I printed the same image using IP and the Epson driver on Photoshop.
The results:
     - the IP print was neutral in tone vs the PS driver image being warm
toned
     - the tonal separation on the IP print is better (e.g. visibley
noticeable)
     - the IP print has better separation on my step wedge in the blacks.
I can see the separation between black and 005 (on a 255 scale) but on
the PS driver I must go up to 009 before I can see any difference in the
blacks.

So it seems that using a visual standard (e.g. very subjective) the IP
generated print had a better look than the PS generated print.

However, when I did a similar test in color, it was much less noticable.
The PS print just seemed a bit more saturated.

Milt

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "E Neilsen"
<e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
>
> Milt, If your looking for more control than you get out of the printer
than
> ABW gives you, look into QTR, or QTR and a profile maker like Print
Fix Pro.
> Or add the low cost Qimage to help sharpen the image give you the
;layout
> properties of a RIP (or many of them) and for $650.00 you have your
self
> control over split tones, B&W, and color printing without the heavy
> investment of IP.
>
> Eric