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Re: True Grayscale (monochrome) or RGB Black & White?

2008-09-07 by handyman856

Clayton -

Thanks for the info - it all makes very good sense and for my BW work
I will follow your lead.

=Alan R.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Alan,
> 
> >The question is: For =good= BW printwork, should the final image sent
> >to the printer be a TRUE, single-channel grayscale image, with no RGB
> >info? 
> 
> I have experimented numerous times over the years comparing BW prints
> from RGB vs Grayscale files, using both color ink processes and
> dedicated BW ink sets.  There were always slight differences but
> nothing that would indicate that a "better" print (in any sense that I
> could think of) came from either one.  It really boils down to
> differences in workflow.

[big snip]

> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
>

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