Digital BW, The Print

Thanks to some fine sample prints and patient e-mails from Clayton, am
off and running with BO printing. Am using the Eboni cart from MIS
some Avery postcard stock (#8387, 4-up to a sheet). I ordered some
Epson Enhanced Matt for proofing but instead of loading that up went
straight for some HP Presentation Paper, then the Postcard stock. Also
have some Kayenta coming in from Moab any day now, anxious to try that.

My wife, a friend and I run an art gallery here in Billings (shamless
plug alert: www.flatirongallery.com) and am under mild pressure to get
some postcards out for our next reception. You can see the photo I
chose for the postcard on our home page, lots of blacks and dark
subtle greys. The prints look excellent to my admittedly untrained eye.

Have no idea how archival this Avery stock is, it doesn't really
matter much with this mailing. 

Also ordered an Eboni spongeless cart, pre-filled, and my next step on
the learning curve is how to re-load that with some bulk Eboni ink
when it runs out.

Anyway, am very excited over this method of printing. Maybe some day
I'll be ready for the full ink set but that's a ways down the pike.
Right now I'm happy where I am. Thanks everyone for a great group.

Make that "shameless"!

I neglected to mention that the file was from a scanned 7" x 10"
print, on Ilford MG IV. The original negative was Tri-X @ 200 in D-76
1:3. Since Clayton calls this kind of printing "Digital Tri-X" it
seems appropriate that the image started in Tri-X.

Hello Paul,

>off and running with BO printing...

Congrats. Sounds like you're having fun.



>Have no idea how archival this Avery stock is, it doesn't really
>matter much with this mailing. 

Even if it's not acid free material, the pure Eboni print will last a
long time.  If there's any problem it will be from the paper going
yellow, but the ink won't fade.


 
>Anyway, am very excited over this method of printing. Maybe some day
>I'll be ready for the full ink set but that's a ways down the pike.
>Right now I'm happy where I am. Thanks everyone for a great group.

You can add the rest of the R2 ink set without changing your ability
to do BO prints.  So any time you feel adventuresome just pop em in
and see what happens.  Can't hurt anything.

Good luck with the gallery.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
  
> >Anyway, am very excited over this method of printing. Maybe some day
> >I'll be ready for the full ink set but that's a ways down the pike.
> >Right now I'm happy where I am. Thanks everyone for a great group.
> 
> You can add the rest of the R2 ink set without changing your ability
> to do BO prints.  So any time you feel adventuresome just pop em in
> and see what happens.  Can't hurt anything.

If anything, when the original dye carts run out, I may use empty
spongeless carts and base stock, or, go with pigment color carts from
MIS. Is there such a thing as a dye ink printer, ie will pigment color
carts cause any problem if the printer was designed for dye? 'Course,
the Eboni is pigment, isn't it? Or is carbon a different animal,
neither dye nor pigment?

Thanks again,

Paul