Digital BW, The Print

Yes, funnily enough, I have been managing to make a small amount of time
available for mucking round with Epson dye inks on the 7000 whilst I wait
for the Pro24... resampling a bad colour scan up to 24" * 16" at 180dpi
produces stunning images - nice up close too - but I rather imagine this
will not work quite so well with the quality of the B&W.

I am amazed by how many learning curves I have faced in the last few
months - third-party inks, CIS systems, failing Epson 1270 (with OEM inks!),
Photoshop, print quality showing scan and negative deficiencies (with
Piezography), and now wide-format printers! Still - it's all good fun!

Nij

-----Original Message-----
From: George DeWolfe [mailto:dewolfe@...]
Sent: 31 July 2001 03:44
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Re: The B&W Print System Gap



Nij

The images on the Cone web site are mine, guilty as charged.
I've tried a bunch of different papers with the Somesville White
Fence, and Somerset Enhanced and Wells River are the best
I've been able to do. The tonal range of that print is simply
astounding in terms of realtive values and what we were used to
with traditional Black and White. Cranes is really nice, too, but
I've only had a chance to test just a few sheets. We need a profile
for it, of course, but I found that the WVHWHR profile works the
best out of all of them on the 3000 and the 1160.

I have a 5500, noticing the talk about the 5x00 series. I call it the
"Bird," because it's always preening itself, i.e., cleaning cycles
every 5 minutes. It's a great machine - and tough. I printed 50
Pagemaker docs, each 150 pages long, one day, and it didn't
miss a beat.  I also name my other printers - the 3000 is the
"Mule" for obvious reasons. The 1160 is "Patty Duke," because
that's what it sounds like when printing. The 2000, which I don't
have any more, was a hoot. I named it "F--k Y-u" because that's
what it sounds like when working. Lydia, my significant other,
says I need a real break from this stuff.

The 7000 is Big Dog. My favorite, but all the Piezography tasked
printers print with the same 2100 dpi quality. I found that the
7000 actually changed my shooting habits with the 4x5. I now
use a 6x loupe rather than a 4x because of the critical image
sharpness necessary for a scan to go up to 24 inches x ?  It
really does make a difference.

George



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