Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia 
<mark@c...> wrote:
> My review:
> 
> Well I just received back my black and white fiber base print done 
on 
> the DeVere digital enlarger. The tones look close to acceptable but 
> there is a noticeable "grid" pattern on it. This is more evident in 
the 
> 16"x20" then the 11"x14", but it is surely there. This print was 
made 
> in the UK by James Boyce of Odyssey Sales. He claims he is a 
technician 
> and not a full time black and white printer, but I feel that he 
should 
> have then seen this issue with the "grid". I would like to give him 
> some slack but this test was to "sell me" on purchasing their 
product.
> 
> My conclusion is: This enlarger is not capable of large prints, 
unlike 
> a certain lab in western US has claimed. I have had my customers 
try 
> them (the lab in western US) and have all had the same results, 
they 
> were just not happy with the quality.
> 
> For $35,000US I would think this enlarger would kick ass. I guess 
not.
> 
> Mark
> Connecticut Photographics
> http://www.ctphoto.com

Sorry folks this is first post here so I dont know if I'm doing this 
correctly...I had prints done (11x14) on the Devere digital enlarger 
from scans of a 6x6 neg and photoshopped (by me) the print was made 
on Agfa 111 and it came out just fine without the grid patterns being 
discussed...The tech pushed the enlarger button...and I did the wet 
work...I would expect there would be some bugsin the system yet...but 
my set up was with an LED digital unit and not the LCD/CCD unit that 
first came out with the 504DS...