Digital BW, The Print

Hi Richard:

Apart from inkjet, not much will match 175-200 linescreen printing  
using duotone or quadtone inks on a high end press.

There's also http://asukabook.com/ but costs are considerably higher  
per book compared with blurb. I believe all are printed on an offset  
press, but not with duotone/quad inks.

For short run, the quality of Blurb's black and white can be  
excellent. The cost is not high to run a test, which is the best way  
to know whether the quality is acceptable to you.

The more I think about it, if you make prints that you like the look  
of, and a paper you like, it's not a bad idea to print the pages on  
inkjet and have a custom bookbinder do the rest. Of course, there are  
a number of reasons why someone might not want to go in this direction- 
time and cost come to mind.

All the best,

Andrew

Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
http://www.imagingbuffet.com
Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com
and
Pet Photography 101:
Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com



On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Richard Sintchak wrote:

> Last I checked none of the main ones like blurb for example do b&w at
> nearly the level of quality I would called acceptable.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 26, 2010, at 8:32 AM, STEVE DEER <s.deer@...>  
> wrote:
>
> > blurb.com
> >


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