Re: Dedicatd B&W printer - is it worth it?
2009-09-04 by deanwork2003
I believe we were talking about Piezo K7, and in that case the curves are expertly created for you for the more modern Epson printers and come loaded with QTR.
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2009-09-04 by deanwork2003
I believe we were talking about Piezo K7, and in that case the curves are expertly created for you for the more modern Epson printers and come loaded with QTR.
2009-09-04 by C D Tobie
... That might be 102. Several times a week someone tells me that some installer, application, or device is not working right. I ask: have you restarted your
2009-09-04 by andrevallejo
Thanks John,Mike nd Walker for your thoughts...very enlightning...gave me a lot to think about...and I do have to before I make a commitment, cose I m so far
2009-09-04 by jc_tardiff
Hi all, I have never done any B&W printing on an inkjet before (all silver-based), but as I can no longer tolerate the heat in my darkroom in the summer (one
2009-09-04 by Mark Savoia
Something interesting about that report. Being they are experienced computer users they should have done what Epson told them to do on Monady right away as a
2009-09-04 by the_mark_pv
I am clearly mentally challenged ;) I do appreciate QTR is a great tool, but I did not manage to fully grasp it yet. And I m referring to the profiling / curve
2009-09-04 by Cdtobie
With certain printers, installed in certain ways, with certain driver versions, the controls to turn off color management would be unavailable, or
2009-09-03 by Ken Alexander
Just read this article entitled Epson/Snow Leopard Woes today. It might help: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/woes.shtml Ken
2009-09-03 by Mark Savoia
I did this back in March so I do not remember the exact procedure I used but I did it the same way I did on my 9600, 9500 a long time ago. Beats me, perhaps it
2009-09-03 by tboleyyh
well I m stumped then... During the height of the Leopard, PSCS4, Epson driver confusion, did you see a different between charts printed from your software and
2009-09-03 by Mark Savoia
No. I printed the charts through PS, then read them in the application basIColor. As a matter of fact I did my first ABW on the 9900 because a client wanted
2009-09-03 by Cdtobie
Actually, for some printers, the ColorMunki, since it only prints targets directly to connected printers, does not work at all. The Datacolor applications
2009-09-03 by deanwork2003
I use the HP Z3100 daily and it does the best job with black and white imaging that I ve ever used, EXCEPT for a dedicated monochrome inkset. Personally I use
2009-09-03 by siiaam
Hello Paul, after reading your post I believe my Epson 3800 with K3 ink is not well settled for printing on uncoated Arches (hot pressed) paper. My settings
2009-09-03 by siiaam
Well, I read about a workaround but decided to stick to CS3 which works fine... Just wondered whether anything changed.
2009-09-03 by tboleyyh
Mark it could very well be that given your work, you never experienced the problem, nor now whether or not anything is different in the update. Somehow,
2009-09-03 by Michael King
... If you go for a 1.5pl printer (Epson R1900, 1800, 1400) then you get the resolution as well as the tonal depth. I run a couple R1900s and they are
2009-09-03 by Walker Blackwell
1. Much of the dedicated BW is now hex and septone not quadtone. This increase in nozzles and over-lap makes environment setups much easier. 2. When using K
2009-09-03 by andrevallejo
Please help me to understand this: I can see that dedicated solutions like MIS inks will beat usual OEM solutions easily. But what about this new printers like
2009-09-03 by deanwork2003
We used to size BFK for gum prints and multiple registration silkscreens by dissolving a couple of small packets of Knocks Gelatin in about a gallon of hot
2009-09-03 by deanwork2003
We used to size BFK for gum prints and multiple registration silkscreens by dissolving a couple of small packets of Knocks Gelatin in about a gallon of hot
2009-09-03 by Sam McCandless
... I don t know, Stephen, and, in any case, I think the best place to look for reports on any such problem(s) is probably MacInTouch.com. You might also want
2009-09-03 by BKPhoto@aol.com
Paul- I don t have dMax figures for you on the various papers we ve tried, sorry. Give me a day or two and I might be able to forward to you the figures on
2009-09-03 by pr_roark
... I think you ll find that digital inkjet is different but will continue to give you the opportunity to make unique products that are personalized. You re
2009-09-03 by baecht1
Paul, Somehow I missed your website. I now have some guidelines for mixing my own. Onward
2009-09-03 by Mark Savoia
What problem? Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com
2009-09-03 by Jim Doyle
All the papers on our site are coated for Inkjet!! Questions Call me! Jim Doyle Shades Of Paper 717-H Fellowship Rd Mt. Laurel NJ 08054 856-787-9200
2009-09-03 by Mark Savoia
Call them, they are full of knowledge. Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com
2009-09-03 by peter_desmidt
Visiting the ShadesofPaper website, I couldn t tell if any of the listed papers were the coated ones Bill was talking up.
2009-09-03 by baecht1
... bit of a purist or otherwise interested in more than just making an acceptable print. ... I never thought about it but I can live with purist. It s more
2009-09-03 by pr_roark
Hi Bill, ... I m not sure I m familiar with the BFK variant of Arches (or Rives). I tested a number of the Arches and other brands of uncoated papers, the
2009-09-03 by pr_roark
... It s been a while since I did not of these second pass workflows. My memory is that it works best to have glop in both the first pass and then a second
2009-09-03 by ex0cute
Paul, I have just bought a used R800 with the intent of dedicating it to your 3-MK, PK & Glop workflow. I already use your 3-MK workflow in my existing R1800.
2009-09-03 by siiaam
Hello, has been the printing problem solved with Apple s system upgrade? Regards, Stephan
2009-09-03 by BKPhoto@aol.com
Walker wrote: Colorburst can get there with custom RGB Input and CMYK output profiles. But the amount of time spent setting up a quality color-ink-to-bw setup
2009-09-03 by pr_roark
... The fact that you were involved with carbon prints suggests you re a bit of a purist or otherwise interested in more than just making an acceptable print.
2009-09-03 by baecht1
Steve, I tried the epson ink in BO, and wasn t even close to happy. But I have been able to get very usable digital negs. I ve been been printing silver based
2009-09-03 by Walker Blackwell
The whole reason why I went dedicated bw back when I was just learning all this was because I didn t want to deal with complicated CMYK profiles and the RGB
2009-09-03 by nospam
Congratulations! I very much look forward to receiving this issue. Scott From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
2009-09-03 by deanwork2003
That s a bit of a distortion. There is no real learning curve unless you are mentally challenged. A learning curve is trying to make clean neutral
2009-09-03 by benjschneider2
Use an Epson R1900 or R1800 and have both matte color and dedicated B&W in one printer using QuadTone RIP. I had problems with the older versions of this RIP
2009-09-03 by Seth Rossman
Hi Dennis- I don t think it s critical, but useful. Especially if you are trying to match your original silver and carbons. I have done some restorations for
2009-09-03 by Seth Rossman
You beat me to it, Dave. HOWEVER, if you re not running Eboni in the MK slot, you are missing a lot. Seth =============================== Posted by: C D
2009-09-03 by deandadin@aol.com
Hello, I used to have the 2200 printer and I did B&W printing from scanned negs and digital output. I was able to get acceptable B&W prints using the regular
2009-09-03 by C D Tobie
... Thats really the crux of the matter, Tyler, not is it easy but do I want it ... the parenthetical part being: want it badly enough to go through
2009-09-03 by yaakovsinclair
I d like to announce that Lenswork are featuring a portfolio of photographs from my book
2009-09-03 by yaakovsinclair
I just installed an Epson 4800 ( I got it for the price of a 3880 from my dealer - I guess because it s so unfriendly to swap color and matte) The quality of
2009-09-03 by waterwin2
Hi there, Has anybody experience with using a HP6940 with all black inks to print BW pictures only? Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Kind
2009-09-03 by pr_roark
... Whether its worth dealing with third party inks depends a lot on one s interests and criteria. For me, the OEM approaches are not worth it. But I have
2009-09-03 by baecht1
For a whole lot of reasons that don t matter here, I am being forced into digital output either as digital negs or prints. I m using you folks as a sounding