2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Roy, ... No, I plan to try UT7 when it s available. I suspect that Septone uses some dye for its toning, and hope/expect that UT7 will give better
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2004-04-21 by chipcarterdc
Fair enough, and maybe I need to stop posting messages and send Roy my $50 (it s been on my to do list for a few days now). Your last question reveals and
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2004-04-21 by chipcarterdc
Everything you say is true, of course. My thinking is that the level of expertise I should have is such that I can produce consistent results that match both
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2004-04-21 by Carl Schofield
Put your profiles in the folder Library Colorsync Profiles.
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2004-04-21 by Steve Kale
I don¹t want to argue with you (I am essentially agreeing with you) but my point is that the sooner Roy gets paid $50 a person (the current ³donation² for
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2004-04-21 by Tom Salyer
I am trying to install some new paper profiles ( from Image Print ) so I can soft proof my images in Photo Shop CS, Mac OS 10.2, and can not find where they
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2004-04-21 by Tyler Boley
Chip, did you not mention you were thinking of doing print for pay? This is just like being dedicated to fine darkroom work, there is a steep learning curve to
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2004-04-21 by chipcarterdc
Then buy QTR and pay your $50.... You miss my point. I already have QTR. What I don t have is the time, ability or desire to learn how to use a
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2004-04-21 by Tyler Boley
... wrote: snip... ... Using a quad set alone doesn t gaurantee anything, the nature and quality of the partitioning and the dither/screening
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2004-04-21 by Roy Harrington
Hi Clayton, I m no ink expert, so a lot comes down to my gut feel. I also totally agree that much is unproven so its better to err on the conservative side.
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2004-04-21 by Roger L Sopher
sit is a mac compressed file. You can go to Alladin s website and download a version of their decompressor (stuffit) for Linux. Roger ... From: myriad_one
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2004-04-21 by Tyler Boley
... wrote: snip ... that ... particle, the ... of most ... In essence meaning that ink terned as carbon pigment alone does not necessarily
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Carl, ... Wow, the numbers keep getting better - thanks very much. Is there any sort of number associated with archival ? Regards, Clayton Info on black
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2004-04-21 by pharris29
... Just an update Lyson confirmed that their HEX tone ink sets are DYE inks So I went for the cheap option of using the Epson black that I allready have and
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Paul, ... Thanks very much, this info sheds a lot of light on the subject. This one is a keeper. Regards, Clayton Info on black and white digital
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2004-04-21 by Paul Roark
Universal blacks are hybrid pigment-dye mixes. I avoid them. Eboni is not the same as universal black. It is, as best I can tell and according to my fade
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2004-04-21 by mike_nunan
Hi all, This is my first post here so treat me gently ;o) I ve been researching the world of dedicated B&W printing for a little while now, getting ready to
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2004-04-21 by Paul Roark
... I ve assumed that mixing in the bottle v. on the paper makes little difference, but I have not done a well-controlled test of this. The pigments would
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2004-04-21 by Carl Schofield
Clayton, The latest Wilhelm data indicate a rating of 150 years for B&W prints made with the UC inks (Epson 4000) on EEM (bare bulb un-framed) and over 200
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2004-04-21 by Carl Schofield
North, I just made a set of QTR profiles yesterday for Inkjetart Microceramic Luster with the 2200 UC inks (PK). This paper is essentially the same as Epson s
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Chip, ... The test print was sent to me by Septone as part of the review I did last summer for the Technical Print Exchange. Along with several samples
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2004-04-21 by bfwoolner
Steve, thank you so much for the print. I will spend some time digesting it and enjoying the meal. Barbara Woolner
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2004-04-21 by myriad_one
Roy and others, Thanks-- yes it was a bad cups-devel.rpm file. I downloaded a new one from Redhat and got QuadToneRIP to build just fine. Yeah! Now I need
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2004-04-21 by George Le Masurier
Don, be the machine. My C84 feeds like a straight arrow not a broken one. I don t get banding on the plain paper setting (or any setting). Only time I
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2004-04-21 by Arthur Fink
Anybody have any experience with GalleryPrint Fine Art Photo Matte ? A r t h u r F i n k P h o t o g r a p h y
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Tom, ... Good question. I have two thoughts about it: 1) In a RIP print a Cyan/Magenta dot is a fully exposed batch of that ink. In a mixed carbon ink
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2004-04-21 by Steve Kale
On their CFS page it says... The photo black cartridge is prefilled with MIS Universal Black for making either matte prints or glossy, semi-gloss prints. From:
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
... Well, pretty sure. I got that info from this page on the MIS web site: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/epsoncomps_2200.html Regards,
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2004-04-21 by donbga
Rob, ... 12x36, but ... Red River Premium Matte (285 gsm) comes in cut sheets 13x38 inches and is very similar to EEM/EAH. It is available from their web page.
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2004-04-21 by Steve Kale
Then buy QTR and pay your $50.... From: chipcarterdc Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004
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2004-04-21 by Paul Roark
Don, The C84 I have does not band with the Plain Paper setting and feeds the paper straight with no fiddling around. I hope your experience is not the norm.
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2004-04-21 by Tyler Boley
... requires so much less color ... effect on longevity... Let me add to the confusion. There was information some time ago, possibly from John Nollendorfs,
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2004-04-21 by Paul Roark
... Thanks for the URL. In case some have trouble finding the key article, I ve pasted the highlights below: Kodak launched a range of Photo Quality paper
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2004-04-21 by Tom Baker
....He said that the mixed in amounts are not significant enough to affect the carbon status of the inks.... Unless the fact that the color is mixed with
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2004-04-21 by chipcarterdc
Roy: that s good to know. The problem of course is that many of us (well, maybe just me) don t have the technical expertise or equipment to be using these
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2004-04-21 by Ernst Dinkla
... My guess is that you need less colorant with an Ultrachrome inkset to get a tone throughout the greyscale range than when you want to achieve it with a
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2004-04-21 by chipcarterdc
... That s a bit scary -- a Septone print showing signs of fading at 125 days? (Yes, I understand that, as you said, this is not the kind of test that
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2004-04-21 by Don
Well, broke down and bought a C-84 to try with the MIS EZ BW. Hmmmm. When I print on the suggested Plain Paper setting and Best Photo on EEM, I get visible
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2004-04-21 by Stan Shire
Andrew Rodney. www.digitaldog.net ... From: Jim [mailto:jimp@rainbowstudios.com] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 6:11 PM To:
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2004-04-21 by hogarth
The way I see it, it s not just about the amount of pigments. It s also about how they are applied when making the print. The joy of a fixed color ink set is
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2004-04-21 by ccolbertbw
I find it hard to believe that mixing the colors in the bottle requires so much less color pigment than separately applied dots that it has a differential
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2004-04-21 by Steve Kale
Clayton are you sure? I thought the universal black was an ink designed for both matt and RC paper.... From: Clayton Jones Reply-To:
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2004-04-21 by Ernst Dinkla
In relation to the Kodak Ultima fade test results, there s an interesting article here: http://www.photo-i.co.uk/index.html where Henry Wilhelm wipes the floor
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2004-04-21 by Harry Saddler
I have a theory that the ink clumps up (congeals, flocculates, or some such thing) and then the clumps hang around in the system, occasionally lodging in the
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Roy, ... In a recent phone conversation with Bob at MIS he expressed his own doubts about the RIP approach, echoing my own concerns. The implication (as
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2004-04-21 by sl91911
Paul, Thank you very much. It sounds like the C84 is the way to go. Stuart ... output ... pulled ... better. ... of the ... gets as ... test a ... out there
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2004-04-21 by sl91911
Has anyone here tried the EZN for c82/c84 ? What is the quality ? How does it compare to VMS for 1270 ? Stuart
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2004-04-21 by Clayton Jones
Hello Don, ... Yes and no. For general storage and categorizing of images I use either date, subject or project as seems fitting. I use PS Album because of
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2004-04-21 by Roy Harrington
There seems to be an ongoing notion that there are two distinct kinds of B&W prints: some made with pure carbon inks and others that use color inks and
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2004-04-21 by Don M
If this is too far off-topic, just tell me. I think it is fairly close to topic. I have been giving some thought to organizing a growing number of image
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