Digital BW, The Print

Sure, I'll drop Dan Burkholder a line and 
quote your message to him.  He just left for 
one coast or another like yesterday.  I'm sure 
that he will be interested.  We are looking  at 
a high density black solution for him for the 
contact negs.  

On your question on the Piezography on the 
3000 and banding issues.  Well, I had 
banding on both 3000s with the Piezo inks 
and also with the updated driver.  I ran the 
Spectratones and also get banding. Anyway, 
I don't have one of those "perfect" machines 
so just kinda moved on.  Perhaps it will 
work fine for someone with a known good 
printer but I don't have one of em.

The PressReady driver with the Spectratones 
print very well on the very same 3000 
printers.  I'll send you some samples and 
you can come to your own conclusion.  I 
find it just as good or better then the 1200 
with Spectratones and try and steer people to 
that as the best solution for quality, size and 
reliablitly as well as cost.

I vote for the 4 color 3000 over the 1200.

On the source for the Oce clear film, it's Oce.  
John N. can order some in rolls if needed.   
It's probably rebranded somewhere out 
there.

Oce watercolor paper that we have is only 
available in large sheets and you would have 
to cut it down yourself.  I have a 60" paper 
cutter in my studio which sure decreases 
paper costs.  

On the swellable polymer papers for Epson, 
I don't think that they are out yet (supposed 
to be August perhaps?) and am looking 
forwards to testing it out.  I'd just bet that 
they are an ilford technology derived 
product.  

Printed samples will go out to you tomorrow 
so you can post your own opinion on the 
Spectratones.  I'm one of those people who 
appreciate candor which in my mind steers 
me to try and make a better product so don't 
be shy.

Allen Maertz

linconlinks.com

Message: 20
   Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 16:52:44 -0000
   From: mwesley250@...
Subject: Re: Spectratone Quadtone Inks/to 
Martin

Allen,

Once again a wealth of information.

I will send Dan Burkholder an invitation to 
join this group but, as 
you are in contact with him, I would 
appreciate it if you passed the 
word to him also. As a founding father, if 
not the founding father, 
of fine art digital B&W output his 
contributions would be of great 
interest.

A question on the Epson 3000. I have 
realized that I have ruled it 
our as a printer option for myself since I am 
a currently working 
with the Piezo inks. Micro-banding with 
those inks and the 3000 have 
been an issue, although apparently much 
improved with their latest 
driver. Have you experience any of these 
problems with the 
Spectratone Quads on the 3000?

Any final print quality differences between 
the 4 and 6 ink set 
prints?

What's your source for the Oce film? I see 
the Oce paper on your site 
but only in large sheets. Is it available in 
smaller sizes?

One last (not likely) question, which of the 
current Epson papers use 
the Swellable Polymer or is this something 
that has not been released 
yet?

Thanks,
Martin