Digital BW, The Print

I agree Clayton and optical brighteners seem to make it more
difficult. More and more I'm thinking its more trouble that its worth
and I just want to stay with a neutral inkset for neutral output. But
for a universal printer with universal media, it isn't always that easy.

john




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Clayton, 
> 
> 
> > >Well that's the thing. It's hard to achieve a perfect dead on
> > >neutral.  You think it is ok, then you compare it to a quad and
> > >you say, na, not quite.
> > 
> > Exactly what I've found.  But each paper seems to have a sweet spot
> > that looks good, and it's easier to find on some papers than others.
> 
> I agree totally.  The midtones have to look good with the paper
white.  I
> increasingly try to have the midtones between the paper white and
the dmax
> black.  This minimizes the color cross-overs.
> 
> 
> > ...  Over all I'm quite happy with K3-ABW. 
> > Paul hinted once that he would like to make a toned
> > grayscale set that would work in the ABW mode.  
> > THAT would be really nice...
> > 
> 
> Got to get the UT-3D going first -- the idea is to leapfrog Epson at a
> fraction of the price.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>