Digital BW, The Print

Thank you, Shilesh! 

Will using a RIP provide more options for me?
I have downloaded and installed a quadtone rip, are there special 
inks I can buy for glossy or semi gloss papers if I use this 
software?


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Shilesh Jani" 
<shileshjani@b...> wrote:
>
> Jo,
> 
> Welcome to this sometimes neurotic, disfunctional group.
> 
> I am going to assume you do NOT want to mess with loading your own 
> inks, and playing around with RIPs, etc. Not knowing what you find 
> lacking in the 2200 printer (and there are many limitations 
there), I 
> can tell you you have 2 options that will give you better 
Gloss/Semi 
> Gloss prints straight out of the box:
> 
> (1) Epson R2400 using the Epson Advanced Black and White (ABW) 
mode. 
> You will get better black density (Dmax) and a more neutral print. 
> You can make the prints cooler, warmer, or other hues with 
relative 
> ease with ABW. The drawback is that there is still some residual 
> bronzing and gloss differential. But many people live with it, 
quite 
> happily.
> (2) HP printers with their Vivera inks. Make sure you look at a 
model 
> that supports the b/w ink cartridges. You will get excellent 
gloss, 
> semi-gloss prints. The drawback is that you are limited to the 
> recommended HP papers, which are not completely water proof. The 
> prints dry down just fine after 24 hours.
> 
> One way to go about is to take a lap-top loaded with the printer 
> drivers for the printer (down-load from manufacturer web site), a 
USB 
> cable, and head over to CompUsa. Ask them to hook up their display 
> printers. If the manufacturer rep is around, you may not even have 
to 
> buy the paper for the respective printers. Try them out, and see 
if 
> they suit your needs.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Shilesh
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joanne 
Emerson" 
> <jojo_xmodel@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings everyone!
> > 
> >  A photographer friend recommended this group to provide me with 
> > some answers to digital printing on glossy/semi-gloss papers.
> > 
> > I'm a former model who is now working at the other end of the 
> camera 
> > photographing other models to help them build and develop their 
> > books. When I shoot film I have access to a wet darkroom, it's 
> > messy, very time consuming but the results are quite good. For 
> > digital printing (Epson 2200 and high gloss/semi gloss papers) 
the 
> > results don't compare to silver prints. But I'd prefer to shoot 
> > digital and print on glossy papers, since b&w gloss prints are 
the 
> > industry standard requested by agencies for modeling portfolios. 
> > 
> > Can someone make some recommendations for inks that will improve 
> the 
> > quality of my digital prints on gloss papers. Hope to hear back 
> from 
> > someone soon.
> > 
> > Have a wonderful day!
> > Jo
> >
>