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In defense of BO printing

In defense of BO printing

2003-07-28 by Johnny Eades

When I first bought my Epson 1280 printer, I had tried to get an 
adequate BW print from a Canon S750 printer with no success. The 
green cast could not go away using all ink colors to create BW. On 
this newsgroup Clayton Jones came to my rescue with BO printing. I 
tried it and got quite good with it, in my opinion. It stabilized my 
attitude enough to stay with BW images. I was almost at the point of 
going back to 35MM rather than digital before Clayton's rescue. 
Though I now use hextone ink sets, I often use BO with fond memories 
of Clayton's rescue giving me the confidence to have more than one 
mode of printing BW images. Let's acknowledge the significant 
contribution Clayton has given us as the result of his own hard labor 
to conceive the method and at least say THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM ALL 
OF US WHO HAVE USED IT."

your friend in photography

Johnny Eades

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