2003-02-13 by julianthomas221259 <julianthomas@terra.e
Not only that jerry, I dont see th epoint. Give 5 wet printers a neg and you ll get 5 different prints. The ol neg is the score quote from AA. Also it shows
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2003-02-13 by dsmithhfx <dsmithhfx@yahoo.com>
Hi, I was thinking of buying a roll paper holder and rolls of paper on the apparently erroneous assumption that it would be cheaper than pre- cut. Then I did
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2003-02-13 by Jeffrey Fass
I use the 1280 with MIS/VM/Roark Curves, right out of the box, so to speak. Works great. Highly recommended. Use the MIS CIS, a bit fussy to set up but works
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2003-02-13 by Alessandro Pardi
I d rather say: we re used to grain, whereas dots and noise are new to us and stick in our eyes. I don t think philosophy has much to do with these kind of
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2003-02-13 by Charles Bandes <byronbulb@yahoo.com>
Heh, of course a really good photo-offset print will almost _never_ be black-only, because lithographers understand the inherent problems with halftoning -
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2003-02-13 by plnelson2003 <peter@studio-nelson.com>
... Yes of course you could. The grain was definitely not present in the original subject. But no one will confuse a photograph with the SUBJECT; No one will
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2003-02-13 by Diane Fields
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2003-02-13 by Clayton Jones <cj@cjcom.net>
Hello Ernest, Peter and Everyone, ... I agree. This whole thing started off with Peter griping about the current state of the technology and has evolved into
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2003-02-13 by Seth Rossman
Because: 1. They didn t have to have them make varying droplet sizes. 2. They didn t have to squirt them through a little-bitty hole. Seth =-----Original
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2003-02-13 by chipcarterdc <chipcarterdc@hotmail.com>
Here s what it says in Camera Arts: not sure if this ll be helpful, but here you go: The RIP is incredibly simple to use, but the sequence is important. First
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2003-02-13 by plnelson2003 <peter@studio-nelson.com>
... The black on the 1280 has metamerism? I don t own a 1280 but on my 2200 the (matte) black is apparently the only ink that DOESN T have metamerism. Here s
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2003-02-13 by Peter Palmieri
I have it installed but can t figure out how it works. There are no instructions that came with it and I don t have the patience to talk to the people at
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2003-02-13 by Seth Rossman
Sorry, Clayton, I don t really agree with that. Most things between 0 and ~13 in PS are too black for an ink to differentiate -- they re just black. Same
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
Yes. Epson Black has terrible metamerism. Get the Enhanced Generations 4 Black from Media street. A beautiful black tone, and practically no metamerism. Jerry
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
I believe that is many years off. Jerry
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2003-02-13 by plnelson2003 <peter@studio-nelson.com>
... less a nonissue regardless. I agree. I can only see them closer than 18 inches. But lots of photographers and other do examine prints closely. Let me
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2003-02-13 by Clayton Jones <cj@cjcom.net>
Hello Ed, ... It s the Epson ink. Try a cart of MIS FS/VM black. Regards, Clayton Info on black and white digital printing at
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
You must have a printer/ink profile made for MIS inks and the paper you want to use. Use the Mediastreet enhanced black (Generations 4 inkset). It s the
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2003-02-13 by plnelson2003 <peter@studio-nelson.com>
... No. For black and white printing I m happy to use one set of inks and one kind of paper. If my curves and histogram are set right I expect 0 to print as
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2003-02-13 by Clayton Jones <cj@cjcom.net>
Hello Diane, ... different black inks and what are your feelings about it--assuming that you are in the camp where it is one possible solution. Follow up to
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2003-02-13 by plnelson2003 <peter@studio-nelson.com>
I ve been doing some more experiments with black only and I ve run into another technical issue. (When I get back from my vacation I ll put this on my
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
Tyler, in Harald Johnsons book on digital printing, he states that Epson has discontinued the 3000 printer, but many remain in the pipeline. Jerry
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2003-02-13 by Ed Mathews
Well now, this sucks. I just got my 1280. I must sat the quality of the prints are much better than they were with my old 740, and the BO printing is very
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
There is VERY little metamerism with the MIS VM inks, and Generations 4 black ink in the black position. Jerry
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
I guess its frustrating to me, because although I ve had a long learning curve, I also know it is easy to get good prints from the VM MIS inkset. I must admit
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
It would be just GM or Honda to say your warranty wouldn t be covered if you used third party parts. It just ain t legal! Jerry
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
Matt, been using this setup for years. It s excellent. Jerry
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
Hi Jimenez, The Enhanced black is the blackest ink available, unless you count Epson s DYE black ink. 75 percent pigment, 25 percent dye. Rated on the
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2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson
Hi! I just made a direct comparison of B0 printing using MIS Generations 4 black. File was RGB. Curve was Paul s neutral. PRINTER DPI was 1440. Paper: Aspen
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2003-02-13 by Bob_Michaels <Bob@BobMichaels.org>
While John s tutorial on Vuescan is excellent, please don t think Vuescan is this complicated. It s a simple intuitive program where the defaults work very
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2003-02-13 by Fred Rothenberg
Hi, I ve been reading the forum messages for some time and have learned a lot. On the other hand, I still have just one printer and the standard color ink set.
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2003-02-13 by Alessandro Pardi
Mine actually was a guess... ;-) but I was lucky enough to find a post by Jerry Olson (that in turn was quoting someon else s post) with this table that maps
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2003-02-13 by burdeniii <ebiii@oreally.com>
I can understand how someone with a single printer, say a 2200, might want to look at BlackOnly printing vs. the color-ink mix version, but vs. quads? That s
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2003-02-13 by Diane Fields
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2003-02-13 by John Vitollo <jvlist@comcast.net>
... http://homepage.mac.com/onelucent/VS/vsm.html
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2003-02-13 by Peter Palmieri
Sandy-- Did you get instructions for installing and using the RIP for the 2200? I received only the disk without instructions. I did download the instructions
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2003-02-13 by danielstaver <daniel@petraflux.com>
... bought a ... 780. I ... quad set ... on my ... 8 x 10. ... to buy ... been ... solution. ... and 2880 ... black inks ... camp where ... My main problem
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2003-02-13 by Bob_Michaels <Bob@BobMichaels.org>
Download the free trial program: www.Hamrick.com Bob Michaels
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2003-02-13 by Charles Bandes <byronbulb@yahoo.com>
I dunno, then you would probably have an even more obvious disparity between halftone dots and film grain noise. The halftone dots are not going to go away
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2003-02-13 by chipcarterdc <chipcarterdc@hotmail.com>
The current issue of Camera Arts contains an article where the author claims he got results comparable to quadtones when using Epson s new RIP. I ve called
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2003-02-13 by Clayton Jones <cj@cjcom.net>
Hello Rickard, ... One thing is to check the black areas with the densitometer in Photoshop and make sure they are at RGB 0 (or 100% on the % scale). If they
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2003-02-13 by Diane Fields
Clayton Jones wrote:
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2003-02-13 by wolarsky <wolarsky@ix.netcom.com>
I agree. Enough already. Excessive redundancy. Evan Wolarsky
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2003-02-13 by Bobbo
... Very interesting indeed. Makes me wonder if one could minimize some of the problems as follows: 1) In Photoshop, create a new layer. 2) Add noise to taste
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2003-02-13 by Julian Thomas
... I thought you said you know Photoshop - is that ALL you do for a good BW print? As to output you don t want to softproof, match for different inks and
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2003-02-13 by peter nelson
At 09:38 AM 2/13/2003 +0000, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com ... You haven t been following this thread, have you? I SAID that I have no doubt
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2003-02-13 by Julian Thomas
so what outcome are you expecting - shall we take a vote? why not see some prints - the best you can get - otherwise this is a waste of bandwidth Julian ...
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2003-02-13 by peter nelson
At 09:38 AM 2/13/2003 +0000, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com ... Because I do digital photography. . . . ... WHAT citations? You didn t supply
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2003-02-13 by Diane Fields
... section ... I found the names of other rebranded Hahnemuhle paper in the files, but not Photo Rag. Did I miss something? Diane ... Diane B. Fields
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2003-02-13 by Iain Kirk
Bob, I already have the trial and will be giving the flexible friend a seeing to this weekend. It is having mucked about with the trial that prompted this
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