Digital BW, The Print

Hello Tyler,

>OK, slithering back into my cave... 

Wait! Don't slither away yet.  Got a few questions -

You say these prints are from a scanned 5x7 neg.  I'm wondering how
much difference the two output methods would show on a scanned 35mm
neg, or a digi file from an APS sized sensor?  Would the detail that
the quad printer shows here not be in the smaller images and therefore
it would have nothing to resolve?  Would like your thoughts on that.

Are you planning to come back here at some point with a similar
comparison using the new 3800?  I'm really eager to see if that new
dither will make much difference.

Also same for the new HP printers.  I forget the model, but I recently
read a review of one that said something to the effect that the dots
aren't laid down in rows so there can't be any dither banding.  So I'm
also eager to hear how those printers will be for BW.


>For some strange reason I'm not that smart, I'm part of this 
>community and chose to remain for now...

Maybe you're the smart one [ggg].  I hope you will continue to be
visible and vocal and that the printer makers will continue to improve
the out-of-the-box BW quality.  I'm assuming that the new competition
from Canon and HP will be good for us in the long run.  K3 was a big
step in the right direction and it really changed the landscape.  Now
let's have some more steps like that.

Thanks for the report and your usual great input.


Regards,
Clayton


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