Digital BW, The Print

Hello Bruce,

>Thanks for letting us know your results!  Were all the comparisons 
>done using the SAME image?  

Yes, it's on the web site now, here's a link.  It's the 2nd one down,
called "Panamint Range" 

   http://www.cjcom.net/cal05-a.htm

It's a mass of tiny detail with a bit of sky at the top.


>It might be good now to do the experiments over again using a 
>totally different image (different type contrast, subject matter, 
>focal length) just to see if the results hold true in general & 
>not just for that one image.  

That occurred to me last night.  I probably won't do as exhaustive a
test as this again, but probably over time I'll get some sense of
whether it holds true.  I'm all tested out for now, and I used a whole
bunch of paper and ink on it, so I'll let some other adventurous soul
take it to the next step.  It really would be good to hear from others
who try it.  This was one person's result from one test.  Best to have
a range of reports, I hope others will try it.


>I plan on doing some comparisons myself but thought it would be 
>valid only if done by the same person using the exact same process 
>& hardware.

Well, seems to me that if this is going to be a general principle then
it should hold true in all cases.  It might be more valuable for
others to try to repeat it.  It may not hold true in all situations. 
Let's hope some other reports will come in.


Regards,
Clayton


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