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2009-10-08 by John
Ok, I m way behind in finding useful info on where to purchase carbon set up for Epson (haven t decided on 2400 or 1900). Any tips on a site that explains what
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HP B9180 - Wont print ...
2009-10-07 by lagosr
Hello everyone .. I have a HP B9180 that i bought 2 or 3 years ago .. very nice printer, very happy with the prints. The printer recently stopped printing and
Re: Hahnemuhle and Tyler Boley
2009-10-07 by tboleyyh
is it really what good???? It s darn tootin good. Base hue similar to WillyT, textured but a bit less granular, gamut and densities in line with other good
Hahnemuhle and Tyler Boley
2009-10-07 by faeofavalon
Hi gang - I just read about Hahnemuhle s new FineArt sugar cane paper and I am dying to try it. I love the bamboo. Tyler was mentioned in the article as being
Epson 3880
2009-10-07 by skelvin123
Is there anyone in the San Francisco area that has an Epson 3880 and is willing to rent it work something out for portfolio prints. You can e-mail me directly
R1880 - is there a trick to replace a cart without triggering a cleaning cycle?
2009-10-06 by Richard
Hi Folks, I have a balky R1800 and I need to replace a couple of MIS carts but I d like to do it without wasting ink when the printer automatically performs a
Re: Advice on Epson R 220 printer
2009-10-06 by pr_roark
I suspect Epson has some substance in the printer heads initially that helps to extend the shelf life of the new ones. The Epson R220 inks are dyes that should
Slightly Off Topic: Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 B&W workflow processing book
2009-10-06 by Iric S
For sale or trade. This is listed as a beginner to intermediate book, but it is really interesting and the illustrations are outstanding. I have been
Advice on Epson R 220 printer
2009-10-06 by Julian
Bought an Epson R 220, 2 Years(?) ago with the intention to make it a dedicated B&W printer. It never happened and the printer remains sitting in the corner of
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-06 by pr_roark
... Mid to high 1.50 s is what I normally expect right after drying with a hair drier. On some test strips after thorough curing I see 1.60+, but it s hit or
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-06 by dlruckus
... I don t have a 2200 so I can t replicate that. On my machines, the best I ve done with Arches and Eboni is about 1.56. I haven t made exhaustive tests of
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-06 by pr_roark
... I don t keep track of where all the carts come from. I use MIS and inkjetcarts.us as main suppliers of such. ... The problem was with the 1800 carts that
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-05 by santonov2you
Paul, what kind of carts do you use for these experiments on 2200? I think I saw here a warning that old MIS carts with foam will not work with your new base,
Re: [Digital BW] Re: 5d mk II....need PSCS4? AND Epson 7900 coming!
2009-10-05 by fjmcsu@att.net
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Re: [Digital BW] K3 LLK -- Blended?
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
... I wasn t really looking for color (lab a & b) changes. My only concern with the carbon pigments is Lab L from settling. I just stumbled into the Epson
Re: [Digital BW] K3 LLK -- Blended?
2009-10-05 by John
Paul: Centifuging will not necessarily give you the results I think you want. This typically separates heavier particles from lighter ones. As you know, all
Re: [Digital BW] Re: 5d mk II....need PSCS4? AND Epson 7900 coming!
2009-10-05 by Peter Marshall
Hi Sarah, I d go for Lightroom, certainly if you take a lot of photographs. It really does almost everything photographers generally need and I think can give
Re: [Digital BW] K3 LLK -- Blended?
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
... Yes, they are blended carbon and color. I don t know that I have good enough data to compare the 2 in terms of separation, however. With the HP inks the
Re: ICC profiles for UT-14 inks
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
... I don t have a variable tone inkset set up now. So I can t test this. I m wondering if applying 2 curves, one each to 2 test strips, and then putting
Re: [Digital BW] K3 LLK -- Blended?
2009-10-05 by C D Tobie
... Have you given the HP grays a whirl? C. David Tobie Global Product Technology Manager Digital Imaging & Home Theater CDTobie@datacolor.com ... Datacolor
K3 LLK -- Blended?
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
By the way, in one centrifuge test I stuck in a sample of 7800 LLK. As you d expect, it s quite stable in terms of the Lab L. What surprised me is that the
Re: ICC profiles for UT-14 inks
2009-10-05 by markss9876
Hi Paul --- I m grateful for your response, but --- gulp ---- I m too much of a nerd to fully understand it. I assume that I load the identical step test curve
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
... I have not seen the same dmax with Eboni. Looking at 2200 test strips, Arches can hit 1.62 (thoroughly cured) whereas the Somerset Velvet test strip I
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
... I can t speak for Mantinieri, but in the clear base solutions I mix, it is not glop. Glop has a binder in it that coats the pigments. The C6 clear base
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-05 by dlruckus
Hi Paul. Have you done any work or testing with the Somerset Velvet uncoated art paper. It has always gotten about the same d max for me as has Arches. It is,
Re: ICC profiles for UT-14 inks
2009-10-05 by pr_roark
Try putting the neutral and warm curves on layers over an RGB version of the 21-step test curve, and then putting the opacity at 50%. See if it is close
Re: OT: Who loves their 5D Mk II (and who doesn't)...and why?
2009-10-04 by Myron Gochnauer
... As a result of a suggestion a couple days ago, I turned off all of the Custom Functions II: Image functions. I had assumed that they would have no
Carbon-6 & 7 - Ink Mixing
2009-10-04 by pr_roark
I have updated my Ink Mixing PDF at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf I ve tentatively concluded that the one and only incremental change I ll
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-04 by markss9876
Hi. Just curious .. is the glycerin used as GLOP, and is anything else necessary to add to it? Thanks. Mark. markss9876s@aol.com (please use this aol e-mail
ICC profiles for UT-14 inks
2009-10-04 by markss9876
Hi ---- I was wondering if anyone out there has ever made ICC profiles for UT-14 inks that give a range of tones on Glossy Paper between the Pure Golden Sepia
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-04 by pr_roark
... The final formula and PDF will change. That last-best mix failed the centrifuge test. Part of the balancing is clearly viscosity v. smoothness. The
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-04 by mantinieri
Hello Paul, I have read your pdf note with interest. Good work! BTW, I by the glycerin at:
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by Will
Sarah, Paul and all, Having big fun at this house with a carbon on carbon on cotton process. Using Ebony-6 inks to print on Arches or other WC papers from
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7-OT
2009-10-03 by sagaface
... Yes, they are indeed. standing in front of them...a totally visceral, jaw-dropping experience.
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by pr_roark
... I m working with Arches Hot Press 140 lb. -- the bright white version. In the past my experience was that Cold Press used about the same profiles and
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by pr_roark
... I was into post-printing coatings on matte paper for a while. The Hydrocote water-based polyurethane seemed interesting. I actually hit a 2.5 dmax with
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7-OT
2009-10-03 by tboleyyh
I couldn t help but reply... we just went to see some Wyeths here at the Seattle Art Museum yesterday. What incredible works of art, it was hard to walk away
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by sagaface
Paul, What an incredible idea. Truly innovative and exciting. I would LOVE to see you develop this successfully as I have been wanting to combine painting with
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by James W Veenstra
Hot press or cold? J Vee ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by ElEstudio
Paul, I can tell you that back in 97, 98, I used some of the inkjets available then (stylus 600 and 1520) with black only on arches hot press. The prints are
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by Ernst Dinkla
Bockingford tub sized watercolor paper could be a cheaper alternative to Arches. Not rag but wood free. There is a variety that has an inkjet coating but the
Re: OT: Who loves their 5D Mk II (and who doesn't)...and why?
2009-10-03 by Myron Gochnauer
I mildly complained about a window-screen-like noise pattern of noise when shadows are pulled up a great deal. ... I just discovered that in the C.FnII: Image
Re: Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by Bert
Paul, What you are doing and why is exciting to me. I have been printing on Arches cold press ever since my first Epson (1520) and I continue to do so on my
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-03 by tboleyyh
Paul is right, some of my favorite prints have been made on Arches, including the very first inkjet prints I ever made on an art paper before there was any
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-02 by Michael King
Paul, Txs for the detailed reply - as always interesting perspective from you. I saw some inkjet sketch prints (carbon?) + watercolor over painting @ at this
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-02 by pr_roark
... Arches has a great reputation in the art field and is the only watercolor paper I ve found that has an acceptable dmax. None of the inkjet papers has
Re: [Digital BW] Carbon-7
2009-10-02 by Michael King
Paul, Why so keen on it working with Arches uncoated watercolor ? Mike 2009/10/2 pr_roark ... [Non-text portions of this message have
Re: 5d mk II....need PSCS4? AND Epson 7900 coming!
2009-10-02 by slcphoto73
I just moved to LR (I already have CS4) because with the 5dm2, and taking a lot of images, Bridge was just too slow. LR really does make my life a lot easier.
Carbon-7
2009-10-02 by pr_roark
I m still making progress in formulating a generic base for carbon printing that will print smoothly on Arches -- as well as other papers. Arches uncoated
Cone Piezography K6 CARTRIDGES for the Epson 1280
2009-10-02 by JohnTarnoff
I m selling a bunch of Cone Piezography K6 Neutral cartridges for the 1280 over on Ebay: