Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/05

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Subject: [Leica] B&W printing
From: boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:06:01 -0800
 
For many years, I've been using Paul Roarke's "Black Only" (BO) printing 
on an Epson 1800 printer with MIS Eboni ink in three of the print heads 
and Quadtone RIP software.? Because of some home renovations, the 
printer was in storage for several months. I'm now setting the printer 
back up and de-clogging the heads.? This is probably a good time to ask 
how viable this way of printing is in the long term.

So, what do you folks do for black and white printing?? I long ago found 
that for color prints, Costco does a great job with my full-resolution 
sRGB JPG files as long as I specified "Do not correct."? I've never 
tried them for B&W.? I don't print enough to justify a high-capacity 
printer like the Epson 3000 or its newer relatives. I don't use Adobe 
software, so Photoshop-specific procedures won't help me.? I use Capture 
One and Picture Window Pro.? Presently, I don't sell my prints, I just 
look at them and put a few up on my wall.

All advice happily considered.? Thanks!

--Peter
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