Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for your suggestion!

The thing that's driving me crazy is that I HAVE made prints on my HP
Photosmart printer that have "real" black and white gray tones, but
lately I can't make them come out that way to save my life.  It
appears I had better luck with my Visioneer flatbed scanner (with a
film scanner accessory) than with the much more sophisticated Nikon
CoolScan V ED film scanner I'm using now.  Hopefully I'll stumble on
the answer.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Eberlin,
> 
> >I've just joined this forum and hope to meet some of you in this
> >virtual space over the coming months.
> 
> Welcome to the forum.
> 
> 
> >FYI - I'm using a Nikon F3 with a number of different lenses and
> >accessories, a Nikon CoolScan V ED, a Win XP-based PC, the full
> >version of Photoshop 6, and an HP Photosmart 8250. 
> >However, these days I can't get prints with good monochrome grays to
> >save my life.  First I'd like to be directed to messages, files, or
> >anything else that might help me get a handle on the basics.
> 
> The link below has a number of articles on BW printing, including an
> overview that may be helpful.  Getting good BW prints requires good BW
> images, so it's a two-sided coin: the photoshop work and the printing
> techniques.  This forum focuses mostly on the latter, but feel free to
> ask any questions that come up.  There is lots of expertise here.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>