2004-01-13 by Carl Schofield
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 03:55 PM, jim hayes wrote: snip... ... Actually, there is a way to soft-proof in grayscale (or RGB) by using soft-proof
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2004-01-13 by jim hayes
... Monaco ... however ... 2200. The ... money. ... color ... Monaco ... I used to use Adobe Gamma, then 2 years ago had an opportunity to get PhotoCal at a
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2004-01-13 by Tom Husband
I m having serious clogging problems with my 1280 and UT ink which I ve been refilling into empty cartridges. I ve been refilling for a few months now and
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2004-01-13 by Carl Schofield
I recently discovered (stumbled across) a way to create standard icc profiles that can be used for soft-proofing QTR prints in Photoshop. I ve put a sample
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2004-01-13 by Clayton Jones
... Same here. For photo paper cutting the RotoTrim sets the standard. They are well built. I m using one over 10 years now & still going strong. Regards,
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2004-01-13 by Tom OConnell
FEBRUARY PRINT EXCHANGE ++++ SIGN UP OPEN Hi everyone- You are now invited to sign up for the FEBRUARY BW print exchange. Signup will be open to the first 15
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2004-01-13 by Tom Baker
Mike - I ve been uning IP for a year now. I have never used anything but the Adobe tool to set up my monitor. I get a really good match. I wouldn t spend
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2004-01-13 by flyfishingusa2002
I use QTR and the learning curve is very short, particually with the latest release. ImagePrint has hidden costs if you do not subscribe to their $500 per
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2004-01-13 by Paul D. DeRocco
... If you re only going to print B&W, then you have less of a need to calibrate your monitor, since you can just ignore any color casts that the display
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2004-01-13 by Mike Bergen
I have not had the need to calibrate my system with software such as Monaco EZColor because my results have been quite good without it. I am however
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2004-01-13 by Sam McCandless
Maybe the tweakiness which has bothered Jim is just an artifact of the particular 1160 he got and all he needs is to be luckier on swapping it out for a new or
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2004-01-13 by Mike Sommers
I have the Epson 1280 printer. This may not be the case with the 1160. Using the Cleaning utility in the Epson driver, you can run more than 3 consecutive
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2004-01-13 by Alan Zinn
... Jef, I have always used Rototrim cutters. They hold up to continuous (ab)use by students. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING
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2004-01-13 by Stan McQueen
... ... and on Linux. It s working wonderfully for me on a 2200 printer and a Redhat 9 Linux server. I ve purchased a 7600 which I will be setting up on it in
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2004-01-13 by Tyler Boley
A quick addendum to Antonis post. Colorbyte seems to be coming on strong and the price is very competative. Tyler
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2004-01-13 by Paul Roark
I m just finishing writing curves for UT2 & Permajet Portrait Classic -- which is PhotoRag, as I understand it. Great paper, but it would be a lot better if
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2004-01-13 by Roger L Sopher
I have tried a couple of newer red hat based distros as bases for the new beta-9 version of QTR. Both Fedora (nee Red Hat) and SuSE 9.0 work well. Both are
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2004-01-13 by Allen Birnbach
I have an Epson 1160 that I used just a half dozen times, then stored for a couple of years with cartridges in it. Now I m trying to get it back on line. I ran
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2004-01-13 by Jim
Check out the Yahoo HP-inkjet group. You may find some info there. ... about
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2004-01-13 by Glenn Mitchell
They work great. They are very high quality. You might improve on them marginally by doing your own custom profile with the cuurent batch of paper and ink you
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2004-01-13 by Glenn Mitchell
Another vote for Rotatrim. Pricey, but high quality. Excellent value. Cheers, Mitch ... guillotine ... tends to pull ... the blade ... would be ... use by
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2004-01-13 by hahnemuehle_fineart
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2004-01-13 by Alan.Huntley@cox.net
I can only speak for the MK profiles...both color and B&W paper profiles are very good and will yield excellent prints. However, I have recently found out that
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2004-01-13 by dale90045
I expect this machine to last for some years. I don t typically replace machines frequently. The computer industry loves product upgrades. If you don t
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2004-01-13 by bcrook007
I m interested but unfortunately my 1200 has had a partial clog on the light cyan nozzle for several months now so I m afraid I wouldn t be a reliable tester.
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2004-01-13 by Anthony G. Atkielski
... Both platforms are largely equivalent. Personally I d choose a Windows machine mainly because of lower cost and a larger range of applications and
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2004-01-13 by Antonis Ricos
... Easiest out of the box, but most money is ImagePrint. Will also improve your color use of the 2200. Downside: you can t tweak the bw ink mix past what is
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2004-01-13 by sdmey4@aol.com
I really like the rotatrim brand or style of paper trimers. The guillotine style I also have, but it doesn t cut square often enough, it tends to pull the
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2004-01-13 by Tom Baker
The IP profiles are great. And they re free. One or two people have suggested that you can get even better profiles if you have them custom made for your
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2004-01-13 by jsinger986
I often create sheets of many small images (6 5x5 s on a 11x17 sheet) but I need a good idiot proof paper cutter so I can get good even cuts. I ve been using
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2004-01-13 by Paul Roark
Truman, ... You re not alone in your frustration. MIS, for example, ... Also, if its just a cart, when it s done try the UT2 and see which one you like the
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2004-01-13 by markaase
I just joined this group, and I m hoping you can help me make an educated decision regarding printing software and/or inks. I am relatively new to digital dark
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2004-01-13 by JimD
I just discovered Mike Johnston s article about these printers and they perform doing black and white at:
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2004-01-13 by Truman Prevatt
I just loaded my first set of UT carts in my 1280 and now I m feeling left behind again. Could someone tell me why I need throw all this out and got to UT2?
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2004-01-13 by luisvcool
Imageprint users: Do the paper profiles that come with IP sufficient to achieve excellent b&w and color prints or must one make/buy new profiles? Thanks.
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2004-01-13 by Art Maples
Mike, This might be tough to do at this point but if you can start at the end (the printer) and work backwards it could help you to decide. In my case I only
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2004-01-13 by Cort Anderson
... Unfortunately it is, I am going to really be stretching to do the 2200. If I go with the 2200 it would be with the QTR. That is why I am trying to get some
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2004-01-13 by Barrett Benton
... For the record, the Epson 1200 is a 6-picoliter, variable-dot printer, which (even though I haven t had one for a while now) makes it viable for serious
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2004-01-13 by Truman Prevatt
Hey, watch who you re calling an old timer ;-) I mostly do 4x5 now, but it s all TriX. I scan it with an Epson 2450 and find that the final prints (1280)
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2004-01-13 by Mark Hahn
for many of us old-timers (really, I m not *that* old;) 35mm Tri-x in D-67 just gave a special look that we came to love... then we have drifted into the
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2004-01-13 by Mark Hahn
If cost is not an issue, I would go with the 2200 and ImagePrint. I think it wins hands down and does so out of the box with, from what I have seen, no
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2004-01-12 by Paul Roark
Richard, ... That would be an interesting test. I m afraid the 1200 is about the same technology as the 7500 in terms of non-variable and fairly large dot
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2004-01-12 by Richard Smallfield
Hi, I wondered if there is any chance of the UT2 inks being made to work on the 1200. Has anyone tried this? thanks, Richard -- http://smallfield.vze.com
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2004-01-12 by Paul Roark
... It s uncertain at this point. I may not bother with my 7500. Frankly, I m not sure the 7500 is up to the job of running the UT2 inkset, but it does very
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2004-01-12 by Carl Schofield
Here is another scan of an Eboni BO print on semi-gloss (sprayed with Print Shield) that has dominant mid tone and highlight areas. The 8 bit, 72 dpi RGB scan
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2004-01-12 by Wendel White
I agree that these can be touchy questions, sometimes posed by people that drop in just for that purpose. How should he find the answer if this is a legitimate
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2004-01-12 by chipcarterdc
Paul: do you/MIS have any plans to port the UT-2 inkset and workflow to wide-format printers? (I know you ve said you re looking at doing it for the 4000, but
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2004-01-12 by Cort Anderson
I am looking for some feedback on the pros & cons of different printers and ink systems. This is going to be used for B&W printing only and mostly on matte
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2004-01-12 by Alan Zinn
... Don, I just toggle Negative and Transparency in the scanner program (SilverFast). Put the glossy side of the film up. With a Gepe or similar AN glass slide
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2004-01-12 by Paul Roark
... I think there is some relevant information that is appropriate for this forum. You may want to research the inks and software approaches before deciding.
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