Fine Art Printing in Black and White
Oct 14, 2018 16:34:30 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
dpullum wrote:
Slightly aside from company suggestions, is info for the connoisseur of fine BW printing home-cooked. Color inkjets can be converted to print multi shades of gray ink. Color tanks are replaced with grays.
https://www.inksupply.com/bwpage.cfm
also see:
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/
Have any of you used the quad converted printers?
https://www.inksupply.com/bwpage.cfm
also see:
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/
Have any of you used the quad converted printers?
I used the MIS EZ pigment inks for many years. They were designed for inexpensive 4-color Epson printers (I used C-82 through C-88+ models - when I started with them, if you printed in color, it was cheaper to buy a new printer that came with ink than to buy 4 replacement cartridges from Epson, they were that cheap.) The EZ ink package used one black (had to choose between matte and glossy cartridges for the K position, though) and 3 gray carts for C/M/Y that worked on matte or glossy papers. The grays were all the same except you could choose Neutral or Warm, and by choosing which of the C/M/Y positions had neutral or warm ink you could smoothly adjust the degree of warmth to the paper you were using. Gave nice images for my purposes - books of family photos produced every Christmas for different family members, usually about 1,000 8x8 prints bound into a dozen or so different books, each tailored to the recipient. Ink was inexpensive because you refilled your own carts. But the cheap printers tended to clog (I always had 2 of 'em loaded with the gray inks, and a third one new in box ready to put into service during printing season if I couldn't clear a clog quickly enough.)
But Canon had a sale on their Pro-10 pigment printer a couple of years ago, and I was delighted to get rid of the clog-prone Epsons. Only have one black and one gray ink (glossy and matte black ink cartridges are both installed all the time, so it's just a menu choice what gets used on a particular print) but they produce good-enough-for-me B&W prints, and no clogs in 2 years, including up to 6 months of no prints at all - knock on wood.
Oct 15, 2018 13:23:28 #
rodpark2 wrote:
The lab I use in Dallas prints on "wet lab paper." The digital images are scanned onto old style color printing paper and developed using the old technology. He claims better shadow detail and longer image life. The images look great! He has ink jet available, but says the wet lab process looks better to pretty much everyone.
Sounds interesting. What is the name of the lab?
Oct 15, 2018 20:46:14 #
Ron Dial
Loc: Cuenca, Ecuador
I have also used Hahnemuehle Photo Rag. Excellent paper for B&W. I use an Epson 4880 with a quadtone B&W rip.
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Oct 16, 2018 17:32:03 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
COSTCO uses a Fuji Crystal Archive Paper. Chemical Process. Excellent quality.Choice of Glossy or Luster paper.
Beautiful results in color. Definitely worth a try in b&w.
Oct 17, 2018 00:26:01 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
COSTCO . . . . Excellent quality. Choice of Glossy or Luster paper.
Alas . . . they don't print on matte.
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