Digital BW, The Print

David Keenan wrote:
> My burning question is why do other printers find using ICC profiles,
> dedicated inksets, QTR , etc. valuable and spend so much time with  it all? Are their prints that much better then what the Epson driver can do in ABW to make all the extra work (hassle, in my opinion) worth it?
How do you define "that much better?" What do you value in a print? What 
print surfaces to you require? How much Dmax is enough? How smooth is 
smooth?

Your question is too open ended for there to be a definitive answer. One 
person's smooth is another person's grainy. One person's open and airy 
highlights is another person's burned-out highlights. One person's 
neutral is another person's green cast and yet another person's magenta 
cast. One person's black is another person's dark gray.

The bottom line is, if ABW is giving you results that you like and that 
you don't have an urge to improve, then use it and be happy.
--
Bruce Watson