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Re: [Digital BW] making mega-prints

2006-03-06 by Matti Koskinen

joshhackney wrote:
> Matti,
> 
> Not to say that Steve Gledhill is wrong - I know he is right, but I believe that what you 
> describe is exactly what Stephen Livick is doing.  You'll need to have the patience of a 
> saint!  Check it out.
> 
> http://www.livick.com/method/inkjet/pg1.htm
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Josh
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Gledhill 
> <stephengledhill@...> wrote:
> 
>>I tried it a few months ago with 4 A3+ tiles just to see what my work 
>>looked like bigger before I shelled out for a bigger printer.  It's a 
>>devil to get such a precise cut that they fit together perfectly.  But 
>>even when cut perfectly you can't hide the joins when taped from behind 
>>or stuck down on a large sheet.  If you want it to look unjoined - it 
>>won't.  So, my suggestion is that your son's idea is right - if you must 
>>do it then make a feature of the window panes.
>>Steve Gledhill ----- http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/
>>

thanks Steve and Josh. Livick's mural size print looks great, but surely 
needs time to registrate the 36 prints. I was thinking of buying 
Designjet 130 to print bigger than A3+, but I don't know how well it 
prints B&W. Anybody having DJ 130 and printing B&W? Metamerism?

thanks
-matti

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