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Re: [Digital BW] Epson 1280 clogs

2008-07-23 by Bill Morse

Hi Tony-

Could you elaborate a little on how you use Quadtone and RGB?

Thanks, Bill

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Tony Sleep <TonySleep@...>
wrote:

>
> - B&W as RGB. For me this is the exciting and interesting bit about the
> HP. I am able to quadtone images and print as RGB to get extremely close
> to selenium-toned 1970's Agfa Record Rapid (before Agfa took out all the
> noxious Cadmium and ruined it). That was my favourite paper of all time,
> utterly sensual to print and look at. What metamerism there is is almost
> hidden by the relatively strong image colour, DMax is superb. There's just
> a bit of GD to object to on some papers. On Harman FB AL glossy or Innova
> Fibaprint glossy and also some matte surfaces, this is as close to
> perfection as I've got. What issues remain I can easily overlook, and the
> colour printing is superb too. Sure, it doesn't have the absolute
> permanence of pure carbon printing, but it should outlive me by some
> margin given the Vivera inkset's stability.
>
>
-- 
Regards,

Bill Morse
Wm. Morse Editions

http://www.MorseEditions.com/


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