Digital BW, The Print

If you need Fibre based papers, you are fairly limited in your digital output options.  The 
current generation of RC papers has tested to be as good as fiber - if both are archivally 
washed.  Between the two, you will need to make sure that your lab has adequate washing 
methods in place for that $75.00 11x14 digital enlargement.

I got over the RC vs Fibre thing a while ago.  Under glass, they both have a distinct yet 
harmonious look.  My digital prints made on a lustre surface have a beauty and depth that 
equals that of fibre.  With proper fixing and toning you can extend the life of any black 
and white traditonal print, and for an 11x14, I'd rather pay 8.79

Digital output onto real black and white papers is exciting if you have been trying to get 
your Epson to print completely without banding - or visible dither.  Most people still frown 
at the fact that the print you want to sell for $200 was made on a home printer.  Even if 
you highlight the details of carbon based printing and all the hard work you spent trying 
to linearize the print, they still see it as an inkjet.  I realize that many of you supplement 
your income with print sales, and many of you have stories of how you have made it with 
an inkjet - but the uneducated masses still don't think an inkjet is worthy of fine art 
status.  Please don't get mad at me and send ranting emails, I am just repeating what my 
clients tell me.

Don