Digital BW, The Print

>All the talk about better shadow detail, on the other hand, is just 
>wrong, I can get as much shadow detail as I want, with full control of 
>it, from the PFP2/color mode method.

This may be true. But after carefully profiling with 700+ large
patches printed over four pages of 13x19" paper and then comparing a
ABW print vs. the PFP2 color print, the shadows are noticeably more
blocked up in the PFP2 print.

I have already written that I am not a "tinkerer printer". I was
disappointed that this process doesn't appear to be a one shot deal as
I had hoped it would be.

The thought of having to reread the patches, mess with adjustment
sliders, reprint, compare, and repeat (or whatever I have to do to
make things better) seems too subjective and has discouraged me.

Dave.