[Leica] Printing the Alaska photos

[abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)]

I'm also starting to work with Epson's ABW. After only a few attempts I'm 
convinced that ImagePrint won't be getting any more of my money. It's not 
quite a totally transparent work-flow but it's very good. Much progress has 
been made on this driver front.

Adam

On Jun 24, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Ken Carney wrote:

> Howard,
> 
> Thanks for looking.  ABW (Advanced Black & White System) is Epson's 
> approach to b&w printing with a color printer.  It accomplishes this by 
> using mostly the black inks and a little of the color ink. I think it 
> works really well with a little experimenting.  The prints don't show any 
> signs of color shift, and you can print on semi-gloss papers with the 
> Epson factory ink. Prior to that, I used the ImagePrint software with 
> success for b&w.  A consideration there is that I paid $900 for my Epson 
> 3880, and the ImagePrint software is also $900...The Quadtone RIP also 
> works well for b&w (www.quadtonerip.com) and only costs $50.
> 
> Ken
> (Most all of the b&w prints I brought on the cruise were with the 3880 and 
> ABW.)