Digital BW, The Print

Kodak's Portra B&W RA-4 paper does not produce a green cast. It may appear
magenta under florescent lighting. Also Oriental has a RA-4 paper that works
great in color chemistry.

Call around and ask what paper the labs are using.

Chris
New Orleans

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amal Elaine" Subject: [Digital BW] Lab that prints great b&w digital
images


> Can anyone point me to a pro lab that can handle printing black and white
> images from digital files without producing a green cast?  I've tried a
> number of pro labs and they all print on color paper, or with color inks,
> causing the green cast.  Most labs have acknowledged to me that this is a
> side effect of their process, but for the life of me I can't seem to
figure
> out why they haven't nailed it yet.  Even worse, why they would even
> consider charging for and distributing a file with a color cast.  At
minimum
> they should not hand out such bad quality!  ;-)
>
> Besides printing myself, what options do I have?  Do I have to resort to
> having a lab create a negative from my b&w file so that a quality b&w
print
> can be made on b&w paper?  I do print most images myself, but at present
I'm
> limited to only up to 8x10.  I really prefer to be able to upload images
to

> a lab and have *great* b&w prints as a result.
>
> Every lab I've dealt with was geared towards the professional photographer
> as a customer, not your average Joe picture-taker.  And every lab has
> produced a cast.
>
> Help appreciated!
>
> Amal Elaine