Digital BW, The Print

Tyler Boley wrote:
> http://www.teddillard.com/2009/04/digital-silver-printing.html
>
> Tyler
Yes. Interesting that the inkjet print is noticeably sharper, even using 
the Epson driver and the color K3 inks. With the Durst's hype I would 
have thought they'd have done enough work to at least win sharpness. But 
that's not what I see shown here. Odd, that.

What Mr. Dillard complains about is the tonality, especially in the 
highlights. This I find to be a problem with the Epson driver and the K3 
inks. I think he would get much better and smoother highlights using a 
better driver (StudioPrint, QTR) and at least quadtone inks but 
especially using K7s.

That in my mind would be a "fair" comparison. Using color inks to make 
B&W prints has always been a lower quality solution, but a more flexible 
one if one refuses for whatever reasons to dedicate a printer to B&W.
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Bruce Watson