Digital BW, The Print

I've seen COLOR output from some of the large format HP and Kodak and 
they look to me to be very much in the same league on a quality 
basis, but I think they are significantly more expensive.

I've not seen any vendors offer much in the way of BW inksets... 
would seem that that would be the limiting factor. 

My impression of the HP desktop (which many on this list are using) 
is that they have focused on speed not photo quality... even at the 
finest dpi settings, they dot patterns they produce are quite rough 
compared to low end Epson's using either Piezo or MIS with curves.

I would also think tha this would be a tough market to crack...Epson 
has built a loyal following and most of the third party developers 
are familiar with Epson foibles and will be reluctant to embrace a 
new system unless they see the "payoff".

just my thoughts...

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "antonisphoto" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just stumbled across the details for a Milton Greene exhibit in 
the UK. 
> Apparently these are bw ( and color ) prints that were printed on 
Hahnemuhle 
> papers (on whose site I read this). But the surprise is that they 
were done on 
> an HP printer. 
> 
> Are we too entrenched in the Epson camp to notice other printers? 
Does 
> anyone have pluses and minuses for HPs and other alternatives?
> 
> Here is an excerpt:
> >>>Having taken hours of digital retouching in some cases, Joshua 
Greene 
> has found a solution for outputting these prints onto Hahnemuhle 
Digital Fine 
> Art papers using the Hewlett Packard Designjet 5000PS printer, 
which with its 
> UV inks combined with the Hahnemuhle media will last up to 200 
years, much 
> longer than a traditional photograph. 
> <<<
> 
> more at:
> http://www.hahnemuhle.com/
> under "news".
> 
> Any thoughts?  Nij?...
> 
> Antonis