Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-19 by Martin Wesley
... sub- ... Tim, I am using the Piezo inks and driver with the 1200 and the MIS VM with the Epson driver in the 1280. ... and ... impossible to ... only
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Re: Piezo ink
2001-11-19 by bpeteb@yahoo.com
... Apparently the inconsistencies may have been caused by the CIS cartridges slowly unseating themselves which allows air to enter through the base feeds of
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-19 by Martin Wesley
... both the ... effect? Sit down with the last print exchange, a loupe and see what you find. I have read reports of dark banding with piezo. Not as common as
[Digital BW] Re: Print Exchange Submissions
2001-11-19 by Martin Wesley
Mark, I strongly suggest you mandate a paper size or you will be making boxes until next spring. I also suggest you make it a standard paper size so that it is
Re: Varnished Prints
2001-11-19 by Martin Wesley
Don, I used the Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic spray. Over this I applied acrylic Golden Paints medium and then Golden varnish with a brush. Martin ... tested
Re: [Digital BW] Good Paper "bromide" surface to print with MIS VM inks
2001-11-19 by Jerry Olson
Nope. They have a good Ugh RC looking paper, but no air dried glossy yet. It must be very hard to make, or someone would have made it by now. jerry
Re: [Digital BW] Dot Density and a Reflection Densitometer - Help
2001-11-18 by Adrian Joyner
If I print a step wedge which has dot density percentages as measured in Photoshop from 0%-100% using different papers or inksets I will get a varying range of
[Digital BW] Re: FS ink density compared to Piezo
2001-11-18 by Paul Roark
Mike, ... Good. I don t know what accounted for the higher density prints I just got out of my Piezo 1160 outfit. I think I ll just assume that the densities
Back to basics
2001-11-18 by djcook50@yahoo.com
I m interested in hearing from anyone who s found a good workflow for the original MIS Quadtone inks, specifically using the Epson 1200 printer. I ve tried
Cartridge Changeouts
2001-11-18 by JIDavis17@aol.com
I recently purchased a new 1160 from Geo Data which I set up with original Epson cartridges and then switched to MIS quadtone. I would now like to try the
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Varnished Prints
2001-11-18 by the Don
Martin, I was using a spray varnish. That can of varnish has mysterously disappeared, and I bought a can of Krylon s Kamar Varnish and tested it on a couple of
Good Paper "bromide" surface to print with MIS VM inks
2001-11-18 by josh@redsnapperphoto.co.uk
Hi, I am running MIS VM inks in a CIS 1160, and have had good results with Eclipse Satin 300g from Brightcube -thanks Jerry, However I am still looking for
1280 worth 2x price 1270?
2001-11-18 by fh.g
I want to get a printer to dedicate to Quadtone printing (CIS MIS because Piezography costs so so much more) - 1270 s are available at almost half the cost
Re: [Digital BW] Tyler's Zees, was Printer inconsistencies
2001-11-18 by Todd Flashner
... Jerry, Below you have it in Tyler s words. Let me know if you don t still don t understand. BTW, if all you see is one tone, either the file is corrupted,
Re: [Digital BW] Print Exchange
2001-11-18 by Jerry Olson
Scott, surely you are requiring each participant to include a self addressed label to put on the return box with postage, right? Usually the same box can be
Re: [Digital BW] Print Exchange
2001-11-18 by Jerry Olson
I believe it was something like $6.50 or so, insured for a couple hundred bucks. Jerry This was priority Mail at the Post Office at the local piggly wiggly.
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Jim Hayes
... ... Same thing here on an 1160. I can see it with naked eye 6 inches away but only under an Ott-lite held at 3 inches or so and in even toned
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Jerry Olson
What, exactly, are you supposed to see in Tyer s Zz s print? (if it is printed correctly)? On the monitor It looks like a single tone. Jerry
Re: Re(2): [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Jim Hayes
... (Digital ... using ... Density ... No relation. Would anyone get confused if we kept using DSS? I wanted a name descriptive of the problem and able to be
Jim H defines DSS, was[Digital BW] Printer incon.
2001-11-18 by Jim Hayes
Comments below added by Jim Hayes... :-) ... DDS stands for typos on the part of respondants. The only thing I know of it standing for is Doctor of Denistry.
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Jim Hayes
... wrote: ... onset of ... nozzle ... Nozzle checks do not help at all in diagnosing DSS, you well likely get a perfect nozzle check and still could
Forwarding my PrintExchange (the November version)
2001-11-18 by Mark Tucker
Jeff Magidson wrote to me and took me up on my offer to turn the November version of the PrintExchange (Shaun s version) into a bit of a Traveling Show.
Re: Print Exchange Submissions
2001-11-18 by Mark Carpenter
... Oops. Never mind. I hadn t thought ahead to finding plastic sleeves that size. I guess they will be 8.5 x11 after all. Mark
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Tim Mimpriss
Martin Wesley wrote:
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Todd Flashner
Thanks Martin, Now are all these artifacts for lack of a better word common to both the Epson driver and Piezo? Can the Piezo driver also give the corduroy
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Print Exchange Submissions
2001-11-18 by Scott Hendershot
Mark, I certainly do not want to discourage anyone from printing larger (I love big prints). I only want to keep the packages to a manageable size. If all of
1280 vs. 2000P Question
2001-11-18 by Martin Wesley
Is there any difference between the 1280 and 2000P in terms of paper transport and head mechanics? Is the 2000P a better printer mechanically or is it just a
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Martin Wesley
... (snip) ... without ... (would ... what is ... Todd, My understanding of these terms: Micro banding is fine white or light colored lines that are visible at
Re: Re(2): [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Sanford Barnes
Barron s Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms defines DSS as (Digital Signature Alogorithm) a U.S. federal standard for digital signatures using the
Re: [Digital BW] Varnished Prints
2001-11-18 by Martin Wesley
Bruce, Quite a bit of experimentation has been done with a variety of coatings and varnishes on piezo prints. If you check the Files section you will find my
Re: Varnished Prints
2001-11-18 by Martin Wesley
Don, I have coated a few color prints from an Epson 1270 using the OEM dye inks. I used a waterbased acrylic varnish system by Golden. The Epson dye inks are
Re: [Digital BW] Experience w/ Piezo and 7000
2001-11-18 by sdmey4@aol.com
In a message dated 11/17/2001 8:58:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, mkravit@kravit.net writes: Snip ... Steve Meyers [Non-text portions of this message have been
Re: [Digital BW] ColorSettings/ColorSync/Embedding?
2001-11-18 by Todd Flashner
... Mark Look I don t understand this well enough that anybody should even listen to me, but that never stopped me from talking... Without knowing what the
Experience w/ Piezo and 7000
2001-11-18 by Michael J. Kravit
Recently I experienced a significant drop in density printing Piezo inks on my Epson 7000. I had Epson clean the machine and replace heads, dampers, wipers,
Re: Re(2): [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Todd Flashner
... Fellow named Jim Hayes coined it. I think it s Density Shift Syndrome, or something like that. DDS has something to do with dentistry if I m not mistaken.
Re: Print Exchange Submissions
2001-11-18 by Mark Carpenter
... I would like to do mine as an 8 x12 image on a 9.5 x13 page (1/2 of a 13 x19 sheet). Will this cause anyone problems? It s not a bit deal, if so. It
Re: [Digital BW] ColorSettings/ColorSync/Embedding?
2001-11-18 by Cort Anderson
Here is my two cents on color management. Color management works well IF it is fully implemented in your workflow. This means calibrated monitors in tightly
Re: FS ink density compared to Piezo
2001-11-18 by Michael J. Kravit
PAUL, In comparing the MIS FS inks on the 7000 with a CFS and the Piezo inks run through carts, the densities appear to be very similar. I printed out the 21
Re(2): [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Cort Anderson
... Please excuse this as a newbie question, I have been reading for a couple of weeks now and still have not figured it out and thought it was time to ask.
ColorSettings/ColorSync/Embedding?
2001-11-18 by Mark Tucker
This question is going to show how little I actually understand ColorSync, even after all this time. Maybe Carolyn can set me straight. I just had a new custom
Re: [Digital BW] VM curves
2001-11-18 by Paul Roark
Adrian, ... It would be odd if you happened to have two outliers. ... I ve seem one XP v. 98 comparison, and they were very close. ... Be sure to give your
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-18 by Paul Roark
... Todd, I agree. My 1160 is + or - about 1-2%. Sometime it will be quite consistent for a long while, then things are slightly different. It s happened
Re: [Digital BW] B&W phto album
2001-11-18 by Roth, Susan
I use Canson products, found at a local art supply store in Seattle. Ask your local art supply store; Canson products are pretty common. They make a 14 x14
Re: [Digital BW] VM curves
2001-11-18 by Bill Morse
Adrian- Have you printed out a step wedge since you change OS s? That would show whether the problem is with the printer, the workflow, or what. Bill on
Re: [Digital BW] Sharpening/downsizing for web?
2001-11-18 by Todd Flashner
... Carolyn, Getting back to our conversation a couple of weeks ago... Remember I was speaking well of some of Deadman s smart sharpeners, and you were
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-17 by Todd Flashner
... BTW, One test of this is if Piezo users can print Tyler s Zee s with perfect separation, time and again, without banding of any kind. Tyler s Zee s is a
Re: [Digital BW] Print Exchange
2001-11-17 by Scott Hendershot
Peter, Thanks for the info. Scott ... From: Peter Lindman To: Sent: Saturday, November
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-17 by Steadman Uhlich
No, You got it. I agree with the inconsistency of printers possibility. Makes sense to me. As for the inconsistency of MIS VM inks....I mean...my gosh...what
Re: [Digital BW] Printer inconsistencies, was VM curves
2001-11-17 by Todd Flashner
... Yes my experience with this printer includes both Piezo inks and MIS VM. But incase your question is is MIS VM prone to greenies or DSS I don t know, but
Re: [Digital BW] Print Exchange
2001-11-17 by Peter Lindman
Scott I m looking at the airbill for my return package and the weight is listed as three pounds. Peter Lindman