RE: [Digital BW] Digital Platinum at PPE
2010-11-15 by Eric Neilsen
Harold, How many of those printers had made 30x40 prints? Was their wow being made because a 30x40 is just hard to do or that the neg was well made? Eric
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Re: 3MK 1800 nozzle puzzle
2010-11-14 by hp9180profile
... It is possible that the cart that lost all its ink was not properly primed. Suck a little ink out of the bottom of it to create sufficient vacuum to hold
Re: [Digital BW] 3MK 1800 nozzle puzzle
2010-11-13 by bobtail75
Subject: 3MK 1800 nozzle puzzle Yes, thanks. I just checked the cartridge levels for top-up, to find that the PK cartridge had apparently emptied into the Red
Digital Platinum at PPE
2010-11-13 by hjswim2@aol.com
Hey, did any of you guys/gals make it over to the Large Format Photo Negatives gallery wall in the HP booth at PhotoPlus Expo/NYC recently? I think it came off
Re: [Digital BW] 3MK 1800 nozzle puzzle
2010-11-12 by C D Tobie
... Crossover is only an issue if you are actually printing with the channels it contaminates. This is usually caused by ink being sucked back up into that
3MK 1800 nozzle puzzle
2010-11-12 by bobtail75
My 1800 is loaded with MIS MK in the MK
Re: Satin Paper to use with MK ink
2010-11-11 by hp9180profile
... In response to this post and a direct email enquiry arising from my original post: I have only just started experimenting with gelatin myself. I am based
Re: Satin Paper to use with MK ink
2010-11-11 by ben
I have been using the Epson OEM Gloss Black with 3K printing in an R1800 with good results. I change the chips, and mounting tabs on the two other channels.
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Satin Paper to use with MK ink
2010-11-11 by David Whistance
Hi, I ve had very good results with Photorag Satin and like the surface very much - its quite susceptible to scratching though. Your gelatine experiments
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2010-11-10 by Mel Levine
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Re: Satin Paper to use with MK ink
2010-11-10 by hp9180profile
... Have not used that particular paper. Does it produce a good result? I do use the Hahn Photorag Pearl with MK using an over-coating. This is my favourite
Re: Satin Paper to use with MK ink
2010-11-09 by David Whistance
Have you tried Photorag Satin which is designed to work with MK inks? I quite like it with some images. Its not glossy by any means but does have a slight
Re: [Digital BW] Inks and paper textures
2010-11-09 by C D Tobie
... It tends to work the other way around: luster and satin surfaces are types of gloss media, just with a texture applied. So they respond to ink like a
Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-09 by arlenelove3@aol.com
Has anyone used a paper with a slight satin surface with K3 matte black ink? I use only Photo Rag 308, but would sometimes like a slightly satin surface
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by dlruckus
That is what I am already doing with the old systems and color inks (although it is a bit of a cluge at the moment using Pshop and Argyll from winXP and
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by john
That s one I ve never tried and I need to try it. You like it better than Photorag Baryta? Does it have the nasty little brown spots like PR Baryta tends to? j
Items of interest
2010-11-08 by stevekphoto
Hello everybody; It s been a long time since I participated in this forum, and currently my printing and photography are at a standstill due to health
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by mrjimbo
I think John was correct in his previous post..Their will be a day..and it s quite logical.. We all need to realize that in the big picture we are in an
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by Mark Savoia
Check with JD at Shades, it was backordered for months, sounded like they were going to stop making it. I went over to Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl, I like it
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by Ernst Dinkla
Whether niche or wider markets most printer manufacturers try to secure the ink market for their models. That happens in the sign industry too. Third party ink
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by Ernst Dinkla
... They will distribute the Museo range in total as I understand it. I did talk with the Intelicoat marketing manager for Europe on the Photokina. If the
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by john
Mark, I thought Intellicoat bought Silver Rag, no?
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by Leslie Otterbein
Clustering-what is that? Les Otterbein ... Leslie Otterbein web.me.com/lotterbein http://gallery.me.com/lotterbein#
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-08 by tboleyyh
ah, I had an old roll around, never used up because of too much clustering...
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by Mark Savoia
Tyler. FYI, I think Silver Rag is history. Crane Museo is in a bit of a clusterf**k lately. Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by tboleyyh
... Possibly, but it would limit options by today s standards which allow more user control from more available positions. But you could say a straightforward
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by tboleyyh
well here s another point- we already have everything we need. Highly motivated and talented people developing the tools we need specifically need, from
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by C D Tobie
... Right, but only if the numbers add up... ... Most of the reasons for using third party color inks is to save money. If this concept produced a printer
[Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by john
That is a good point in that there are already factories set up to produce such printers, and these companies are being killed by the big three selling their
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by C D Tobie
... There have been third party companies who have licensed the big three s inkjet technologies and sold printers for specialty markets; in fact, at one time
Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by john
It will eventually happen because niche markets always find their place. People still sell platinum and van dyke brown chemestry and gelatin silver paper, view
Re: Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by tboleyyh
I think it s obvious that not many people would pay for this. What I am suggesting is that the kind of scale and volume these companies are primarily
Re: [Digital BW] Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by C D Tobie
... I have proposed, over the years, the supplying of an OEM grayscale inkset for wide format machines to multiple printer manufacturers. Apparently it is not
Printer pricing model
2010-11-07 by Blaine
If the fine art printing market is large enough perhaps a manufacturer could see an opportunity through licensing code (so QTR could support the new Epsons),
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-06 by john
Most of these desktop units are throw away pieces of garbage, totally rinky dink junk. Half of these office printers that the designs are based on last a year
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-06 by tboleyyh
Yes, that s exactly right. On the other hand, for niche shops producing museum and gallery work, or successful individual artists doing their own printing,
Funnel Fill Carts
2010-11-06 by joelw726
Hello I have a set of funnel fill carts for an Epson 7500. I would like to fill these with cleaning fluid to prepare a 7500. My problem is that the rubber
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-05 by Kip Babington
It s my understanding that you can t make such a printer for a price that most people would be willing to pay. The model that printer makers seem to use (at
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-05 by john
First company that makes a solid, well built inkjet printer with good heads and no retarded chips to control our lives is going to have a good business. You
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-05 by tboleyyh
well I don t recall now, but it was not close to reset time, like maybe 40%... but I reset it anyway thinking that might clear out it s brain fart somehow...
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-04 by Michael King
yeah my two are still working great. I am running K7 in one and HP6 in the other. Though I thought one had lost it last week with what I assume was an air
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-04 by tboleyyh
well it s alive enough to flash LEDs at me! So cruel... Yours still up and working? Still think it s a good little multi K platform, they just make them as
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-04 by Michael King
... lol you were just in denial :) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-04 by tboleyyh
yeah I know... oh well, I think I killed it.
Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems
2010-11-04 by Michael King
Tyler, the user guide has a selection of flashing light diagnostics info on pg 42 http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/r1900_/r1900_ug.pdf
r1900 problems
2010-11-04 by tboleyyh
got both lights on, sometimes blinking, sometimes on solid... tried everything including the reset utility. Anyone familiar with this problem? Thanks, Tyler
Canon PIXMA MP 8150/6150 for B+W only prints
2010-10-30 by chatzebussi
Hello Can anybody please tell me whether the new Canon A4 Pixma MG8150/6150 WLAN printers are suitable for B+W only printing, preferrably on matte paper. - If
Re: [Digital BW] Genuine Fractals Resizing for printing?
2010-10-30 by Steven and Ann Taylor
... I looked at GF and the Ben Vista Photo Zoom several years ago and chose Photo Zoom. I can t speak for GF at this time because I have not kept up with it.
Re: [Digital BW] Genuine Fractals Resizing for printing?
2010-10-30 by tboleyyh
my testing resulted in purchasing Blow-Up as well. The ability to add grain and the other controls seem to make it possible to break up that plastic look
Re: [Digital BW] Genuine Fractals Resizing for printing?
2010-10-29 by john
I used the SI and for years. Everytime I tested Fractals I found it lacking. Found new versions of Photoshop bi cubic smoother to actually work better. The