Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alan Kearney 
<alan_kearney@...> wrote:
>
> I agree with the others that buying sample packs and printing the  
> image is the way to go! I've been approached by a wedding that 
claims  
> he's so busy he cant do this extra work........ Local artists what  
> digital copies of their paintings, drawings, etc.. This guy has 
seen  
> some of my work on Hah German Etching from my Epson 4800. The very  
> next thing I did was by a Hahnemühle sampler pack, 18 - 8.5 x 11  
> inches, all but one prints with matte ink. I'm printing 2 5x7 one 
one  
> sheet of every sample and then I'll print 1 8x10 using ABW and see  
> what's up. At least when I'm done I have a pretty good idea how 9   
> papers work.
> 
> PS: >Since I'm not an experienced digital printer, It's also very  
> good practice printing for me <G>
> 
> Alan


Thanks, Alan.  I too have used sampler packs from Hahnemhule
and Crane. It's probably time to pick up some more for 
this "snowscape" application.



> On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:39 PM, SteveZ wrote:
> 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton 
Jones"
> > <cj@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Steve,
> > >
> > > >I have some beautiful winter rural snowcapes I wanted to print,
> > but
> > > >undecided which paper to use. The snowscapes are somewhat hi-
key
> > with
> > > >not a lot of shadow detail or contrast. I'm open to 
suggestions on
> > > >which brands, textures, tones, etc. to use that will best 
simulate
> > > >the softness, subtle feel of snow. I'm using a 3800 with K3 
inks.
> > > >
> > > >Since I'm not an experienced digital printer, I'd appreciate
> > hearing
> > > >some of your thoughts and suggestions.
> > >
> > > Any good paper will do a good job at that. Please have a look at
> > > article #5 at the link below. It lists characteristics of about 
25
> > > matte papers. When I was doing research for it I printed two 
test
> > > prints on all of those papers. One of them was a snow scene 
which
> > had
> > > a large patch of brilliant white snow with subtle detail in the 
snow
> > > texture. In general I found the biggest difference in the papers
> > was
> > > in how they handled shadow detail. They all handled the snow 
very
> > well.
> > >
> > > Any differences will most likely come down to how the dark 
areas are
> > > handled, and personal preference for the highlights. For 
example,
> > if
> > > you visually want the snow to be white, then you might not be 
happy
> > > with a creamy warm colored paper. But that's the sort of thing 
only
> > > you can decide for yourself. Unfortunately the only way to find
> > your
> > > paper is to lay out some bucks and buy some samples. Only by 
making
> > > prints will you find your way there.
> > >
> > > Since you are using 3800/K3 I'd definitely recommend Epson 
Velvet
> > Fine
> > > Art as a starting point. K3 is superb on this paper and it will
> > > certainly set a high standard for others to match.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Clayton
> > >
> > >
> > > Info on black and white digital printing at
> > > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> >
> > Thanks, Clayton. Yes, I often refer back to your series on 
articles
> > on Fine Art Digital Printing. It's a valuable resource guide,
> > especially for beginners like me.
> >
> > This evening I made some test prints using VFA and didn't really 
like
> > the results. I found the snow looked too warm on this paper, 
although
> > the texture made the images look quite interesting.
> >
> > I also tried Moab Entrada BW and found this paper more suitable 
for
> > printing my cold wintery snowscapes.
> >
> > I plan to test more papers with a brightness value in the range 
of W1-
> > W2.
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> 
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