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Old 09-16-2005   #16 (permalink)
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Default Re: Will digital B&W Prints ever be like Film B&W prints?

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Originally Posted by photosbymorgan2
When you take a picture with your digital camera and convert it to B&W and have it printed by a lab, it is being printed on color paper therefore it is not like a true B&W print. I know that the average person will see the print and say what a lovely B&W print it is but if you were to compare it to a B&W print done by a film camera and printed on true B&W paper, you would notice that the Digital one has a color tint to it.

With digital taking over the photography industry, I am curious how long it will be before companies start creating machines that will print B&W photos on true B&W paper.

I'm resurrecting this thread because I recently had the opportunity to try out the Epson r2400 printer. This is Epson's new large-body printer that replaces the Epson 2200 printer. The r2400 is touted as being able to print the best black-and-white photographs that the inkjet world has yet seen. I tried a few examples, and I have to say that the output is impressive. I'm not sure it's any more impressive than the black-and-white prints I have gotten from mpix.com, but for do-it-yourselfers at home, the r2400 may make black-and-white printing from digital sources worth another look.
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