Digital BW, The Print

I own a custom black & white {wet} lab and am now setting up a 
digital darkroom. I have two printers, a epson 3000 which I will 
dedicate exclusively to black and white using the piezography bw or 
MIS, and a epson 7600 which I will use both for color and black and 
white printing. Which rip should I get for the 7600? I've heard the 
imageprint is great when it works right but can have a lot of 
glitches and cause endless hours of frustration. Of course Ilford 
wants me to use there Onyx based rip and epson thinks thiers is great 
too. I should also state that I am new to digital printing and will 
be learning as I go.

Good Question. I had posted a question on iProof's - PowerRip 2000 and did
not receive any answers. I heard it's a good rip at a much lower cost than
IP.  I hope to hear some comments.

John



on 3/19/03 10:21 AM, kstone100291 at kstone46@... wrote:

I own a custom black & white {wet} lab and am now setting up a
digital darkroom. I have two printers, a epson 3000 which I will
dedicate exclusively to black and white using the piezography bw or
MIS, and a epson 7600 which I will use both for color and black and
white printing. Which rip should I get for the 7600? I've heard the
imageprint is great when it works right but can have a lot of
glitches and cause endless hours of frustration. Of course Ilford
wants me to use there Onyx based rip and epson thinks thiers is great
too. I should also state that I am new to digital printing and will
be learning as I go.




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For: kstone100291

> and a epson 7600 which I will use both for color and black and
> white printing. Which rip should I get for the 7600?

I am very happy with ImagePrint. The current Mac OSX version works 
well. I consider is "essential" to print B&W on the 7600 but, as I see 
that you have a 3000 for B&W, I think you ought to try the Bill 
Atkinson color profiles which you can download free from his website. 
They are excellent. (I find the ImagePrint color profiles slightly 
better, particularly in terms of better shadow detail.)

--Mitch/Potomac, MD