Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,

A. Get a CIS system and forget cartridges.

you need about 2700 DPI or so for a really sharp 7x10 inch color print, so a scan at 1600 dpi would not give you optimum sharpness. 1600
should give you a sharp 5x7.5 print. You can upsample to an 8x12, but it won't be nearly as sharp as if you scanned it at 2700 DPI. 4000 DPI
would be even sharper, of course, which most of the new 35mm scanners can easily do.

If you are going to use pigment archival inks, they do not work well on glossy or semi glossy papers.

Jerry



david verba wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm a relative newcomer, having just received my first batch of mis vm inks
> that I'm running on a 1280.  I had a couple or three initial questions that
> I didnt find ready answers for.
>
> 1)Are there any recommended gloss or semi gloss papers?
> 2)What are some guidlines for acceptable dpi.  Scanning from 35mm negatives
> at 1600 dpi, what's a reasonable enlargement size to hope for?
> 3)I noticed on the mis site, it recommends only using brand new cartridges
> if you swap back and forth between epson and mis inksets(or mis and mis
> inksets) or the printer could lose prime.  Has anybody actually had
> problems with this?
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated...
>
> thanks
>
> -david
>
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