Digital BW, The Print

First a disclaimer; I don't know Joe Berndt or have any links with 
him whatsoever other than I use his IJC/OPM software.

I purchased IJC/OPM reluctantly - I felt I shouldn't really need to 
pay for something that Epson could conceivably have built into their 
driver software. However I wanted/needed to print black & white 
images that were as good as those as I used to do in a wet darkroom 
and despite having a printer dedicated to B&W with monochrome inks 
(as well as a colour printer) something was missing. Results were 
pretty good but not quite good enough. Hence I took a chance on 
OPM/IJC.

With Joe's software (and his willingness to respond to my questions) 
the results are far better than anything I've had previously. There 
have been a few teething problems - some my own stupidity, a couple 
of software glitches (now fixed)- but I've got there in the end and 
despite my reluctance to part with money for anything it has been 
well worth it.

There is a good tutorial available and Joe has answered my queries 
swiftly and effectively. I've spent a good few hours staring at the 
screen messing about with curves and I've used a fair amount of ink 
and paper in the process but for the first time I have a setup that I 
am confident of producing B&W prints that I (and others) are happy 
with. There is still plenty to do (I feel my sepia is not quite there 
yet) but if anyone is serious about B&W inkjet printing then IJC/OPM 
is to my mind definitely the way to go.

There that's enough praise for one night.


....Joe, now what about that free holiday you promised me?