Digital BW, The Print

Martin, 

The photogram/scan would be reflective and cheap, cheap so that I 
won't worry about it one bit (well maybe not that cheap ;-) ).  The 
Duoscan already on hand takes care of the finer work for both 
reflective and transparency for the time being.

I have put some Arches Hot Press through the 3000 without problem, 
though not enough to proclaim anything steadfastly.

Not sure where I will stand on color use.  If I were looking for 
resolution it would undoubtedly have to go towards a newer printer - 
maybe that's why it will be painterly for the time being ;-)

This is also the approach I want to take so that I'm NOT trying to 
only go after the qualities of a silver print.  Take digital printing 
tech. for what it can do, with the equipment I have.  Skills to 
develop would then be in place if resolution became the target as 
tech. allows.

Cleavis in AZ

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Cleavis,
> 
> Three directions at once. Hmmm… You will definitely fit right
in 
here!
> 
> If your 3000 is running well, I would use it for your B&W work. I 
> don't think that it is lacking in sharpness and has been the great 
> workhorse for quad printing. All the quad ink sets are available for
> the 3000 but for maximum sharpness with the 3000 I think the Piezo 
> is the way to. The 3000 does have a poor reputation for handling 
heavy papers and would not do well for your "painterly" work.
> 
> For the color I would want to go with one of the newer Epson's 
> myself. Maybe the 1280 or the 2000P. I think these will have an 
> easier time handling heavy art papers. I have put up to 350 gsm 
paper through the 1280. For really heavy stuff you would need to move 
up to a 7000 which is a big price jump.
> 
> There are so many good papers you will just have to try some sample 
> packs and see what appeals to you. Once you have some reference 
> points, some of the comments on the list may help.
> 
> There are a lot of scanners out there in the sub $500 category. 
Will you be scanning in a reflective or transparency mode for this 
work?
> 
> There is just as much craft to ink jet printing as there is to 
> traditional photographic printing and it can be difficult at times 
> but very rewarding.
> 
> One word of caution. If you are coming from a B&W smooth silver 
fiber point of view, ink jet B&W is a different animal. It is much 
more similar to matte silver prints. You can go with dye based quads 
and get very good glossy prints but I find them to be more like 
silver RC prints than silver fiber. So if you go with a quad 
pigmented ink set on matte paper, look at it as a new photographic 
medium and don't get caught up in trying to make it look just like 
silver.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
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