Re: [Digital BW] Dissapointed With MIS VM Quadtone inks
2002-11-30 by Truman Prevatt
I just recieved my 1280 a few months ago and loaded it with MIS VM and down loaded the curves off the DigitalBW files and the MIS site. I ve started with EAM.
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[Digital BW] Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-30 by Clayton Jones
Hello Richard, Thanks for your reply. ... This works very nicely. I currently have a color cartridge in my 870 and can switch between color and BO prints any
Re: [Digital BW] 1280 says black cart not intalled properly
2002-11-30 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
... Inserting a cartridge WITHOUT a chip often ends up messing up the contacts in the printer... Sadly, you are probably going to need a service call. Keith
1280 says black cart not intalled properly
2002-11-30 by Bob_Michaels
My 1280 says the black ink cart is not installed properly, no matter what I do. I tried a flush cart from IJM but realized it was missing the chip (just didn t
Re: Packing up MIS CFS
2002-11-30 by Mark Hahn
I would plug the carts and the ends of the tubes and put caps on my ink bottles and then put it all in a plastic bag. I would also put some kind of color ink
Re: [Digital BW] Dissapointed With MIS VM Quadtone inks
2002-11-30 by Mark Hahn
I am using the VM inks in my 1160 and have to say that I get great tonality in my prints. Yes, the prints are not as sharp as a glazed fiber print, but I feel
Re: Clogs from hell - maybe sometimes it's the ink? (cross posted)
2002-11-30 by Mark Hahn
if you have a MIS type attachment on the syringe it will give you a vacuum. I have had clogged black tubes in my MIS system. Had to actually replace the tube
Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-30 by Tom Andrews
Hi Tim, Depends on how much work you plan to do. I went around and talked to a lot of professional framers and decided on a C&H mat cutter. Fletchers were
Coating Experiments 101 (crosspost)
2002-11-30 by Mark Tucker
I did my first experiments tonight with coating BW prints, using Paul Roark s recommended fluid, and a Mayer Rod recommended by Robert Morrison. I think I got
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-30 by Richard Sintchak
Friday, November 29, 2002, 6:13:36 PM, Clayton Jones wrote: CJ Hello Richard, ... CJ I agree and would never suggest otherwise. The point I have been CJ
[Digital BW] Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-30 by Clayton Jones
Hello Richard, ... I agree and would never suggest otherwise. The point I have been making all along is that BO printing can be a good alternative, or
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-30 by Richard Sintchak
Friday, November 29, 2002, 7:02:06 AM, Bob_Michaels wrote: B What does assigned profile dot gain 20% do? I m new at this. I ve B been using the same
Re: [Digital BW] Dissapointed With MIS VM Quadtone inks
2002-11-29 by Ken Carney
Some time ago I ordered the VM inkset for my 1270 and couldn t get anything working. The tonal range was lacking. Now I have the VM-S set with revised curves
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Clogs from hell - maybe sometimes it's the ink? (cross posted)
2002-11-29 by Bill Boy
Check out this page Solution #2: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/cfs_recovery.html ... Bill Boy bboy@commspeed.net [Non-text portions of this
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Clogs from hell - maybe sometimes it's the ink? (cross posted)
2002-11-29 by Jerry Olson
I just put the syringe without needle on each chamber of the printhead and squirted about 30 cc s ammonia water through. Be sure you have a paper towel under
Re: [Digital BW] Wacom redux
2002-11-29 by Jerry Olson
Tom, You don t want the Graphire tablet. Get the Intuos Tablet. Twice the resolution, and the pen is very nice. However, I wish they didn t have any buttons
Re: [Digital BW] Classroom use: Minolta Scan Dual III?
2002-11-29 by Bruce Kinch
Hi Joel- Where do you teach? We have a similar problem, currently using 4000 dpi Polaroid Sprintscan 35mm and Epson 2450 s (2400 dpi for 35, 120 and 4x5). The
Classroom use: Minolta Scan Dual III?
2002-11-29 by Joel Beeson
Hello: I am researching film/slide scanners for use in a classroom/lab for photojurnalism. The school took out the wet lab and replaced it with a 16-station G4
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-29 by Jonah, Jim
http://www.cheapjoescatalog.com/catalog/products.asp?id=372&pid=42&ppid= 5 The
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-29 by Shire,Stanley
The positioning and marking tsquare is the Matline from Light Impressions. Very useful. Link here:
Re: [Digital BW] Wacom redux
2002-11-29 by Tom O'Connell
Jerry (and anyone else who has an opinion)- I recenty traded the old wacom serial port in for the new graphire one (4x5) with the USB connection...and I hate
[Digital BW] Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-29 by Tom O'Connell
Jerry- That s what I learned with (bought Logan later thinking it must be great from all I d heard but rarely use it because it lacks the control of Dexter). I
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Clogs from hell - maybe sometimes it's the ink? (cross posted)
2002-11-29 by Barry Kelsall
I used the 10 cc Terumo Plastic Syringe fitted with the MIS Bottom Fill Adapter found at http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/accessory.html The
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-29 by Shire,Stanley
One of my colleagues is astounding with a dexter. Learned at Brooks. He uses a nonskid (rubber-backed) cutting bar to guide the dexter. That said, I bought a
Re: [Digital BW] So far what I like......
2002-11-29 by Jerry Olson
Cristian, Something is really wrong if you see ANY grain on the 1280. You should see none, unless you have a terribly grainy negative.
Re: [Digital BW] So far what I like......
2002-11-29 by Jerry Olson
Christian, your settings are really different than mine. You should use the inkset to get the tone you want, using one of Paul Roark s 5 curves. You can
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson Archival Matte 13x19 $36 shipped
2002-11-29 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
... Hmmm,,, that s very strange... Ed says the software won t do 2500 dpi and it s not going to be able to? If you haven t already write him a note and ask..
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-29 by Jerry Olson
Tom, how in God s name can you get a clean cut with a Dexter mat cutter? What holds your whole apparatus down without anything moving? How do you keep the mat
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson Archival Matte 13x19 $36 shipped
2002-11-29 by Julian Thomas
It has Levels Jerry - Colour blackpoint/whitepoint Changes there are shown in the histos Julian ... From: Jerry Olson To:
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson Archival Matte 13x19 $36 shipped
2002-11-29 by Jerry Olson
Thanks Keith, Unfortunately, VUEscan doesn t allow for 2500 DPI scanning, which I need. It also doesn t appear to have curves or levels. How do you make
Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-29 by Clayton Jones
Hello Bob, ... Steve K. and I were just discussing this on the phone. My experience has been that the the only thing that changes is what you see on the
Re: Clogs from hell - maybe sometimes it's the ink? (cross posted)
2002-11-29 by igorw2001
Thanks for sharing your experience. About some details: Do you mean you just stuck the syringe into the CIS and sucked? Did it fit so precisely that you could
Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-29 by Bob_Michaels
What does assigned profile dot gain 20% do? I m new at this. I ve been using the same settings as you for black only on my 1280 with EAM, except for the
So far what I like......
2002-11-29 by cristianbaitg
Hi Jerry: After lots of proves here comes what I like best until now on Epson 1290 with original Epson Inks: Epson Premium Semigloss Paper.(It s a beatiful
topping off inks
2002-11-29 by Alan Zinn
Hey folks, Somebody mentioned that they got the impression that the guys at MIS were simply topping off inks manually into open-top carts. Anybody else know
Re: [Digital BW] Holiday Card Exchange
2002-11-29 by Sam A. McCandless
The cost of supplies isn t worth worrying about if you send as few cards as I do. But I haven t found pre-cut card stock and matching envelopes which I like.
Holiday Card Exchange Update
2002-11-29 by Anton Young
Well not quite as big a response as I had anticipated so far. Still one week left to sign up (list goes out next Saturday on the 7th). If you have signed up
Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan
2002-11-29 by Julian Thomas
should have read The ... Julian ... From: Julian Thomas To: Sent: Friday, November
Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan
2002-11-29 by Julian Thomas
If you are getting clipping with the endpoints set at 0 and 0 you are at the limits of your scanner or the neg is bad. I sometimes get shadow clipping on the
Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan
2002-11-29 by Tony Terlecki
Julian, How do you set endpoints outside the data? Vuescan seems to express the endpoints as percentage values frmo 0 to 100% where you can clip data but not
Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan
2002-11-29 by Julian Thomas
All I do is set the endpoints slightly outside the data - you can check this with the before and after histos - and scan as a 16bit image file. Although I
Re: Mat Cutters
2002-11-29 by Tom O'Connell
Tim- The Logan cutter is a fine cutter. I have one but I rarely use it. All you really need is a self-healing cutting mat and a Dexter mat cutter. Get a decent
Black-Only Settings Correction
2002-11-29 by Clayton Jones
I made a mistake in the previous list of Black-Only settings. The assigned profile was wrong. My apologies for the mistake. Here is the correct list, which
An International Message of Thanksgiving for all group members.
2002-11-29 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
I sent this out to each of the groups I serve as a moderator on. I thought it might be appropriate here as well. ... I would like to offer my personal note of
Re: Seeking black-only workflow info
2002-11-29 by Clayton Jones
Hello Alan, ... you, offlist. Ok, understood, thanks. ... An unexpected surprise, though, came about when I decided to try printing on my Epson 1270, on EAM,
RE: [Digital BW] Dissapointed With MIS VM Quadtone inks
2002-11-29 by Loris Medici
I like matte much better than glossy / semi-glossy paper. Why? Because I like to see image detail instead of reflections. The reflections of glossy paper makes
Re: Seeking black-only workflow info
2002-11-29 by Steven Karafyllakis
... wrote: Alan; Clayton & I live a few miles from each other, & we ve been comparing his BO prints with my customized (used to be a VM set)
Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan software
2002-11-29 by david_bookbinder@sprynet.com
I m also not Keith, but I can say that there is no need to remove the Epson software for my 2450 when I use Vuescan with it. - David = = = Original message = =
Re: [Digital BW] drying prints - how long
2002-11-29 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
... Unless you have OEM Epson 6 color inks (1270/1280/1290) ... Then, you might see orange shifting (in ceratin conditions) within that same 24 hour time.. So,
Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan
2002-11-29 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
... Jerry, I used to wonder about that.. Now, I generally agree with Dave Tobie that I really just want my scanner software to shuttle the data (as intact