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Re: C84 Test Image

2004-06-24 by Derry Bryson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Don M <don@m...>
wrote:
> I have my C84 with EZ inkset.  I made some practice prints on
Heavyweight 
> Matte Paper and they look quite good right from the start. But I am
lacking 
> a frame of reference.  Unlike most of you who have BW prints from
other 
> printers, inksets, and methods to compare with, I don't have any
such 
> collection.
> 
> So I'm fishing for a link to a top-notch image that I can download
and 
> print with the C84.  An image file that one of you C84 users has
printed, 
> and which you feel will show off the capabilities of this printer
and 
> inks.  I have a package of Epson's PremierArt Matte Scrapbook paper,
and 
> I'd probably break it open for this "test", rather than use the
inexpensive 
> Heavyweight Matte I've been starting with.
> 
> I am not trying to steal anyone's handiwork, so if it has a
copyright or 
> something right across it, that's fine.  I simply want to print a
known 
> good image.  Anyone have a link to a photo that they've printed well
from 
> the C84?  Off-list is fine if need be.
> 

Daniel Staver posted a link a little while ago (below) to an image
with a step wedge on the top and some nice photos on the bottom which
I think shows what the printer can do quite nicely.  I 

http://download.petraflux.com/technical.zip 

Also, here's a link to some of Dorthea Lange's "Migrant Mother"
images:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html

Derry

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