Digital BW, The Print

FWIW, I just buy 13x19 sheets and print whatever size I
like up to that size (usually 11x14 for whatever reason).

Scott

ginnylady33 wrote:

>  Thanks for your comments.
>  As a clarification, I didn't mean to assert that 11X17 is not
>satisfactory. I use that size a lot. It is readily availalle. I asked
>about 11X14 because it seems a size hard to find. I never meant to
>imply that the other commonly found sizes are unsatisfactory.
>
>  Best Regards
>   Ginny
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43"
><djon43@...> wrote:
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>>Ginny, I didn't mean to be provocative, sorry. 
>>
>>If your marketing's grooved into 11X14 for some reason (economical
>>frames/mattes?), and if 11X17's not satisfactory (waste 3" of paper),
>>maybe roll paper's your answer? 
>>
>>I shoot 6X7 as well...gorgeous format. 
>>
>>JK
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>>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ginnylady33"
>><ginnylady33@> wrote:
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>>>I'm using a Pentax 6X7, not 35 mm. 
>>>
>>>I am not limiting myself to 11X14. It's just a size that I use for
>>>certain images and a size that many people prefer to purchase.
>>>
>>> I did not want to make this a debate about which size is best.
>>>That issue is a matter of taste and tastes vary greatly.
>>>
>>>Ginny
>>>
>>>
>>>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43"
>>><djon43@> wrote:
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>>>> Obsessive 35mm photogs often wet-darkroom printed 9 X 13.5 on
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>11X14,
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>>>>when they obsess on full format. 
>>>>
>>>>11X17 is for me at an optimum price point and IMO is MUCH more
>>>>impressive than "11X14" ever was with full 35mm format (eg 10.5 X
>>>>16.75)....but it doesn't fit prints into "standard"  precut mattes.
>>>>Less paper wasted with 11X17 full format than 11X14 full format,
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>too. 
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>>>>I find 11X17 opens images up FAR better than Letter, while costing a
>>>>lot less than 13X19. 
>>>>
>>>>Still, a 4000ppi scan of a fine chrome can be shockingly better at
>>>>13X19 than at 11X17 (35mm Astia, with the right lenses, looks
>>>>        
>>>>
>like 120
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>>>>format)....wish I had a bigger printer than my 2200.  
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ginnylady33"
>>>><ginnylady33@> wrote:
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>>>>>  Other than Epson Heavyweight Matte and Premium Glossy, are
>>>>>          
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>>there ANY
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>>>>>papers out there available in 11X14 size? It's so strange to
>>>>>          
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>me that
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>>>>>this size, which a I really like, is so hard to find.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Ginny
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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