Coating trends was Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by tboleyyh
good points. I ve noticed a trend in these new coatings, they seem to be able to reach higher individual ink densities, but at the expense of being able to
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Re: [Digital BW] Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by stephenpho@aol.com
Although this is non led its pretty good. I would wait to see all the new monitor offerings from CES this week. NEC LCD2690WUXi2
Re: [Digital BW] Alise Natural Curl and Red River Aurora...comments on papers
2010-01-08 by Richard Sintchak
I just got some Alise Natural from Atlex in the mail yesterday. Got both letter and 13x19. Have not opened up the 13x19 yet. I printed about 4-5 pages on my
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by Mark Savoia
FYI. Apple monitors look good, vibrant color, bright, and contrasty, ..... but they are very hard to calibrate to real world printing. If using a monitor
Re: Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by scott_now_coming
Hi Lew, How about an Apple Cimema Display? I m thinking of picking up one myself. My CRT s getting old. I m not into Apple, but I do like their monitors. Scott
Alise Natural Curl and Red River Aurora...comments on papers
2010-01-08 by KentB
I had ordered some of the Alise Natural in November...I ultimately returned it to Premier, due to the curl. Atlex was really good about handling the return.
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by ClaytonJ
Hello Paul, ... Yes, I like that very much, but the main thing for me was the dmax. Finding a non-OBA paper with dmax over 1.7 was a major big deal. All the
[Digital BW] Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by ClaytonJ
... Ahh, didn t know that, thanks very much. I ll stick with the spotting pens, they are pigment inks. Regards, Clayton Info on black and white digital
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by pr_roark
Clayton, One of the aspects of the Alise Museum-Natural that appears to appeal to both of us is the relatively low Lab B of the paper. That is, it is a
Re: Z3100 - RIP & ink-refill?
2010-01-08 by pr_roark
... I ve kept my eye on the HP also. I think their blended neutral inks are the best. See the Aardenburg fade test results, summarized for the neutral inks
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by pdesmidt tds.net
Remember that Spotone is a dye. As it ages, it turns blue. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by ClaytonJ
Hello Paul, ... I still have some SpotTone, never thought to try it on inkjet papers. I ll give it a try, thanks for the tip. Regards, Clayton Info on black
Re: [Digital BW] Z3100 - RIP & ink-refill?
2010-01-08 by mrjimbo
Joost, I doubt that either the HP or the 12 channel Canon is a good choice for what your after. We don t have a RIP that is up to speed for these guys
Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by pdesmidt tds.net
I have and like the Dell 2209WA. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [Digital BW] Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by John Sanderson
I have LaCie 324 that I like. Unfortunately I got it when I was still running 32bit OS, and when I upgraded to XP 64bit last summer it turned out that the
Re: [Digital BW] Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by Mark Savoia
Around $1200, Eizo CE210W Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com
Re: [Digital BW] Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by Lew Schwartz
Say $1000 max with the proviso that I d spend more if I got a whole lot more for it, and I ll spend less if I feel that the features don t warrant the expense.
Re: [Digital BW] Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by Mark Savoia
Price range? Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by paulmwhiting
Scott et al, I use PremierArt Fine Art Smooth HP, and used to have quite a few small white spots due to dust I presume. So now I also use a drafting brush, and
Monitor recommendation
2010-01-08 by Lew Schwartz
It looks like I ll be purchasing a monitor in the near future. What recommendations can the list make without sending me to the poorhouse? I ll be doing
Z3100 - RIP & ink-refill?
2010-01-08 by horstenj
Still chasing the dream of a large format printer, I m taking a bit a closer look to the HP Z3100. Its 12 cartridges opens the possibility to accomodate for a
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by john
and flaking can occur if you don t linearize the media well and end up laying down too much ink, especially in the darkest shadow zones. Many of us, including
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-08 by john
and flaking can occur if you don t linearize the media well and end up laying down too much ink, especially in the darkest shadow zones. Many of us, including
Re: 7800 Eboni + HP setup
2010-01-08 by pr_roark
With this new setup, I ve found for each paper I like to make 2 profiles with QTR. One is with the 100% Eboni inks, and the other is with the HP-PK inks used
Re: Spotting Pens
2010-01-07 by shileshjani
Clayton, Would it be possible to use various dilutions of the inks themselves? Start very dilute and build up density until you get a match. Using fine tip
Re: [Digital BW] Spotting Pens
2010-01-07 by Dave
Thank you Clayton. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Spotting Pens
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
Hello All, Someone asked my about the spotting pens I mentioned in another post. They are the 6-piece Shades of Grey set of the Faber-Castell Pitt Artist
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by tboleyyh
Clayton, the tests I ve had laying around here for some time seem to me to a bit more robust than HPR s coating, so I d pursue these other mentioned issues and
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by Michael King
Clayton, Also are you using a fine art paper path in the printer or regular paper path? Too much curve in the paper path can damage the surface as well. Mike
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
Another thought - this paper has a strong curl and I am gently reverse bending it to flatten it before feeding to the printer. Maybe this bending is causing
Re: [Digital BW] Paper Thickness - GSM and Thickness
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
... Just to make things even more interesting, there is a 3rd independent attribute that affects our paper experience (printer feeding, curl control, etc), and
Re: [Digital BW] Paper Thickness - GSM and Thickness
2010-01-07 by Andrew Darlow
Hi Havanai: Weight and thickness are two separate items. Think about a piece of foam vs. a piece of steel-they can be the same thickness but a very different
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
Hello Scott, ... Yes, very carefully, as I am well aware of that possibility. It has been my practice for my past 8 years of digital printing. I also use
Re: [Digital BW] Paper Thickness - GSM and Thickness
2010-01-07 by Cdtobie
... expressed in GSM (grams per square meter?) and Thickness, expressed in Mil? That would require that all papers have the same density. Since they do not,
Re: [Digital BW] Paper Thickness - GSM and Thickness
2010-01-07 by Mark Savoia
http://www.paper-paper.com/weight.html Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com
Paper Thickness - GSM and Thickness
2010-01-07 by Havanai
Is there a mathematical relationship between a paper s Weight, expressed in GSM (grams per square meter?) and Thickness, expressed in Mil?
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by scott_now_coming
The flaking is probably from dust settling onto the paper before being printed. The ink is sprayed onto the dust and when the dust falls off the print, a
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
Hello Paul, ... That s good to hear. Do you think I should contact them? ... The high dmax is important to me, but there s also something subtle that I m
Re: [Digital BW] Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
Hello Rich, ... I m glad to hear that. I wonder if it s the K3 inks, or maybe I just got a bad batch. I m real disappointed because I really like the look of
Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by pr_roark
... I ve found Premier Imaging to be rather responsive to issues like that. There are several known causes of flaking that are variables within their control.
Re: [Digital BW] Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by CorrPro96@aol.com
Clayton: Very interesting post. I m using Alise on my Z3100, getting gorgeous B/W prints, with no flake problems whatsoever. It is the only machine I have used
Bad News About Alise Natural
2010-01-07 by ClaytonJ
Bad News About Alise Natural - it flakes badly. Just a little while ago I began to sleeve up six prints to be mailed in the morning as the first installment
Re: [Digital BW] Re: ID 'ing paper - Royal Rennaissance
2010-01-06 by renato cury
The warmth of these sheets may be due to a different phenomenom other than loss of OBA. Try to let a sheet be exposed to daylight for some hours and compare
Re: [Digital BW] Digital Negatives
2010-01-06 by Steve Kale
I need to print a high quality image, cut it out and use it in another application. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Paper Thickness - Epson 1400
2010-01-06 by kwalsh74
Thank you everyone for the very helpful input! I ended up going for 250gsm Alise Museum. Only available in 50 sheet boxes, so given my printing rate and wall
Re: [Digital BW] Digital Negatives
2010-01-06 by ender100
Interesting, just curious as to why you need something thinner? -- Best Wishes, Mark Nelson Precision Digital Negatives PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups Mark
Re: [Digital BW] 7800 Eboni + HP setup
2010-01-06 by pr_roark
... I may get to that experiment today. A very light dilute Eboni might not rub off significantly. In the past, I ve used MIS LK as the warm toner for HP PK.
Re: [Digital BW] 7800 Eboni + HP setup
2010-01-06 by pdesmidt tds.net
Can dilute Eboni be used to warm up PK prints with this setup? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re:Paper Thickness - Epson 1400
2010-01-06 by paulmwhiting
Thanks, Tom. I couldn t that info in the User s Guide, but perhaps I ll give them a call... thanks for that number. Paul
Re: Museum Frames
2010-01-06 by steve
Frame Destination is good.