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Re: 2200/2100 BW Print Exchange

2003-01-02 by danielstaver <daniel@petraflux.com>

I'm going to submit some PowerRIP prints for the exchange and I would 
certainly be interested in seeing prints made with quad inksets, as I 
have never seen anything but regular Epson prints myself. I'm very 
curious to see how they compare with my own prints.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Shilesh Jani 
<shilesh.jani@s...>" <shilesh.jani@s...> wrote:
> Tom,
> 
> I am interested in seeing prints from this exchange.  Any chance 
you 
> would accept a print using the more traditional quad route?  I use 
a 
> 1280 printer with FS inks + Generations 4 black.  But, I don't use 
> Piezography, or other published partitioned workflows.  I developed 
> my own workflow, which includes switching ink positions around a 
> little bit.  Let me know if this would be an interest.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Shilesh
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Fors 
> <tom@f...> wrote:
> > I'd like to conduct a small technical print exchange for the 
> purposes of comparing different methods of obtaining neutral B&W 
> prints on the Epson 2100/2200.
> > 
> > Specifically, I'm looking for one participant in each category:
> > 
> > 1. Colorbyte ImagePrint (I can do this one)
> > 2. Gimp
> > 3. iProof PowerRIP
> > 4. Epson Driver + Gray Balancer
> > 5. Any other unique solutions out there
> > 
> > I'll provide a standard 360dpi test image and I think we should 
all 
> agree to print on Enhanced Matte or Archival Matte in an attempt to 
> compare apples to apples.
> > 
> > Anyone interested, please email me off-list so I can organize it.
> > 
> > --Tom

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