This subject is featured inIssue #2of The Luminous Landscape Video Journal 

Monochrome Printing

There appears to be a resurgence of interest in monochrome printing. Many long-time photographers who have switched to the desktop darkroom from the traditional one miss working in B&W and look back fondly at the beauty of selenium toned, gold toned and sepia toned prints.

Regrettably, because inkjet printers are inherently 4 colour or 6 colour machines, with only one black cartridge, B&W prints don't always look as good as we'd like them to. There are solutions, including the use ofQuadtoneinks in some of the older 4 colour printers, or the highly regardedPiezographysystem fromCone Editions. One of the downsides of each of these approaches though is that a printer needs to be dedicated to the process, and in the end the tonalities available are restricted to those of the ink supplier.

There is a solution, and if you have the full version of Photoshop and any ...