Digital BW, The Print

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From: <mh@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:25 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Digital Negatives with 1160


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Wesley" <
> mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mh@t...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:12 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Digital Negatives with 1160
> >
> >
(snip)
> >
> > My thought is that in this case where you are printing a color image
with
> > the Epson inks on the Pictorico film the 6-ink 1270 or 1280 would have
an
> > advantage over the 4-ink 1160. It has been a long time since I compared
> > color prints off these printers but I recall that the 6-ink printers did
a
> > better job.
> >
> > Martin
>
> Ah yes, I thought that might be what you were thinking after I posted
> the question.  I think Dan uses piezography with good results. I
> imagine any of the inks people use here would work for it, since you
> have to work out your own test strips and probably tweak your own
> curves anyway (my personal opinion is that piezo plugin would be the
> easiest here since you wouldn't have to deal with two sets of curves
> adjustments)
>
> -mh
>
I had heard that Dan was working with Piezo at one point but I thought there
were problems getting the carbon pig inks to stay put on the film. If you
did use the Piezo plug-in then the 1160 to 1270/80 difference would be much
less. Although I think I would still be inclined toward the newer printers.
The transparent dye inks seem like a better bet in theory but there are
probably problems getting sufficient negative density. As you say, whatever
path you take, there is going to be a significant period of tweaking thinks
in and figuring out what works.

Martin Wesley