Digital BW, The Print

>> For me the most exciting recent development is QTR support
>> for the x900 printers. 11 ink positions allows a broad range
>> of b&w ink set options to be
>> supported simultaneously in one printer...

>Yes, a "Tri Quad" setup sounds good.

In fact because of ink position sharing I plan to get "Tri Hextone" such as
neutral / sepia / split out of 11 ink positions.

Mike

On 7 August 2011 07:42, Paul <roark.paul@...> wrote:

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> Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
> >
> > For me the most exciting recent development is QTR support
> > for the x900 printers. 11 ink positions allows a broad range
> > of b&w ink set options to be
> > supported simultaneously in one printer...
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> Yes, a "Tri Quad" setup sounds good.
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> > Just waiting for Roy to release the Windows support...
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> I hope the R3000 support for Windows is out soon enough for me to use it on
> the loaner I'll be experiementing with.
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> Sam McCandless <samcc@...> wrote:
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> > ... My plans are to reprint and document
> > old, small-format B&W family photos ...
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> I'm a big fan of archiving old photos with the carbon pigments.
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> > ... I hope you can
> > include a note about the plans for a session of your and Roy's B&W
> > Photography workshop at the 2012 Golden Trout Natural History Workshop.
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> I assume it will happen again next year. Being on the mailing list is the
> best way to assure that you get notice of it as soon as we open it up for
> registration -- about the end of January. For thos interested who are not on
> the list, just send me a street address off list.
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> "wattsies67" <wattsie@...> wrote:
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> > One interesting thing that doesn't seem to have got much attention is the
> fact that some of K3 black and white tests over at Aardenburg seem to be
> faring a lot better than anyone would have expected ...
>
> For most uses the K3 approach is fine. There is a reason that is where most
> of the market is. You will note that I'm going to be experimenting with an
> R3000 with OEM inks.
>
> On the other hand, note the little comparison chart I have on page 1 of
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-4-Plus.pdf. No inkset with color
> pigments in it can touch the stability of 100% carbon.
>
> Note also the chart Mark has on page 4 of all of his fade test reports at
> http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/. There is a huge variance in the amount
> of light that a print will be exposed to in differing display situations. 60
> Mlux-hrs, for example is equal to only 6.8 years of commercial gallery
> lighting. For people printing to that market, that is not a very long time.
> But the OEM processes are fine for the vast majority of uses.
>
> There is a lot to be said for the k3 approach, but it is really a color
> printing approach that just happens to make reasonably good B&W prints also.
> For those who are targeting just B&W, it's not a very efficient use of the
> printer.
>
> From my perspective, it's fun to be able to make very much more stable
> prints for very much less money.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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