Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., lyonscox@m... wrote:
> 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.

Well then I would just grab one of the $100 to $200 brand name 
scanners. They have gotten very compact. Check out teh Epson, Canon 
HP and UMax sites to see what looks appealing.
> 
> 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 ;-)

Remember that the Piezo driver will run the 3000 (and all other 
printers too) at 2165 dpi. I have a 1280 that will print at 2880 dpi 
but it so slow I don't consider it as particularly workable setting 
and it doesn't seem to offer much quality advantage. If I switched it 
to Piezo I would have the same resolution as you would with the 3000. 
Even going up to the 7000, people have posted that they do not see a 
significant difference between prints made with Piezo Pro on the 7000 
and Piezo on the desktop 3000 and 1160 printers.

Sounds like you could do everthing with the 3000 unless you want to 
use multiple inksets.

> 
> 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.

Sounds like you are headed in the right direction.

Martin