Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
<dlruckus@y...> wrote:
> 
> Don,
> I don't know about the 2200 but I have used it for some time with both
> 1200s and a 3000 where it can make very beautiful images. It will
> absorb heavy loads of ink so I would guess you need to use an
> apropriate paper setting ie:whichever gives maximum ink laydown on the
> 2200. You will also, for color, need high saturations. For B&W try
> black only printing. At the small dot size of 2200 that is likely to
> give the best D'max and good blacks. The paper seems to have a
> reasonably linear tonal scale but you will probably need to use a
> curve in your image prep to separate the very low tones eg:the 85-100%
> ink area, for printing. You can print on either side of the
> paper.(very helpful when you are testing it as you can use both sides).
> I like the paper very much but it is not for every image. If it were a
> darkroom paper it would be considered a low contrast grade and require
> a juicy neg.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Duane

Thanks for your in depth answer.  I'll try some high contrast images
on it for sure now.  Hadn't really thought about doing color on it but
now I think I'll give that a try too.

Don