Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I'm just curious - sometimes I print with the duotones or quadtones that 
come with Photoshop - how good a job does the 2000P do with these? Is 
metamerism marked when printing toned BW prints like this?

many thanks in advance,
Richard
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Hi Richard,

Yes, in my experience metamerism is still pretty ugly on toned prints.  The 
toning does disguise the metamerism a bit, and I suppose a strong enough 
tone would hide it altogether.  But it would take more than the "normal" 
warming or cooling effects that B&W photographers generally favor.  Even 
full-color prints can show noticeable metamerism in neutral areas using the 
original pigment inks which shipped in the 2000.

I'm a teacher (grade-school science), and I used to amaze my students by 
showing them a neutral grayscale print under tungsten light, then carrying 
it out into the sunlight.  Magic!  It would turn green before their very 
eyes!  (Of course, for a ten-year-old, this is an excellent feature, not a 
problem!)

Variable-tone B&W inks (like UT2's) are definitely the way to go, if the 
tones you desire are within their range.

John