Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> If I were doing digital negatives, I'd be real interested in what
the new
> Epson 1400 could do.  The general feedback I'm hearing is that it
really is
> sharper.  

The 1400, with the stock inks, should be fine for digital negatives
for UV exposed alternative processes like Steve's Cyanotype and
Vandyke brown.

http://www.hybridphoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=223

Sandy King measured 1400 transparencies on a UV densitometer (I really
need to get myself one of those) and found Claria hit a density around
1.85, and most alternative processes don't need much more than 1.6. 

Carbon pigment inks exceed 2.4 and can work for any process, that's
why I do my negs on a machine loaded with 100%, 32%, 10%, 3.2%, and 1%
PKN. (As soon as the last of that is gone, the new set uses MIS-PRO
with my own neutralized black, since MIS doesn't want to do PKN with
the PRO inks).