Digital BW, The Print

Hi Michael,

I had the printer going into retirement and it has barely been used. We bought a few years back it to print banners for the many trade shows we do.

I had a full set (as in cart's are full) of Epson inks in the machine with photo black in the photo/matte position.

I tried the Epson driver with black and white. Not very good, so I downloaded the QTR rip and ran a few prints, wow what a difference.

I spend years in the darkroom and still mix my developers from raw chemicals. I still shoot with view cameras so fiddling is a known way to work. I can see that cone is turnkey, but the education I'm getting is as exciting as  the prints.

I certainly fit into a) and c), it's rare that b) shows up, it's more like d) (panic). My customers are real estate developers. UGGGG

I don't mind doing things the hard way if I get the result I'm looking for.
bob


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael T. Murphy" <uriel_bear@...> wrote:
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> Bob,
> 
> Do you have a set of Cone K-7 inks with a RIP? If so, all of the work has alreadu been done for you by Cone and the RIP manufacturer. 
> 
> There is another "Piezography" forum here for Cone inks. Then you can avoid most of this other nonesense if you are willing to dedicate a 7600 to B&W.
> 
> If you still want a color machine, you can buy a great condition used 7600 for $500 or less.
> 
> Just want to be clear before we steer you off to never-never land. This "roll your own" stuff is for some of us who are a) obsessive, b) bored, or c) cheap.  ;>)
> 
> This from a previous post of yours:
> 
> >For example, with the RIP, I received a pretty complete set of
> >profiles for K-7 with the RIP. It's the profiling that I'm not
> >comfortable with yet. Should I just start with established or should
> >I move to more recent thinking and get busy sorting out profile making?
>