Re: B&W in San Diego
2009-08-20 by pr_roark
... Just did most of that today, but will go back tomorrow to finish it and also try to hit Old Town. Thanks. Paul www.PaulRoark.com
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Re: spray mounts?
2009-08-20 by deanwork2003
That is a damn good question. I ve asked this question a million times and never found an answer. I don t know of one, and I ve looked. The only thing I would
spray mounts?
2009-08-19 by Tyler Boley
can anyone recommend a spray mount that will not outgass chemicals that yellow our fine art paper coatings? Longevity is not a concern this time, only
Re: B&W in San Diego
2009-08-19 by Mike
Hi Paul, I live in San Diego. I just joined the group today. Have you gone over to Balboa Park yet? And I think I saw a place in the Old Town a couple weeks
Re: B&W in San Diego
2009-08-19 by Stephen Kobrin
When I was there in June, which is a while ago, the museum of photography had an interesting Ansel Adams exhibit. There were three different prints of
B&W in San Diego
2009-08-19 by pr_roark
Hi, Does anyone have knowledge of good B&W galleries in San Diego, CA? Thanks, Paul www.PaulRoark.com
Re: Home brew Glop....Question for Paul Roark
2009-08-19 by pr_roark
... I don t make home brew glop. I make a base that works for matte paper and as a flushing fluid. See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf It
anyone tried these papers?
2009-08-18 by Tyler Boley
Museo Textured Rag 325 PremierArt Velvet Fine Art Paper any impressions? Still testing for new papers that may be good Hahnemuhle options. I ll stick with my
Home brew Glop....Question for Paul Roark
2009-08-18 by brouwerkent
Paul You show a way to make a glop substitute. Is MIS Glop or Epson Glop the same? Is there some sort of binder missing from your Home Brew Recipe? Thanks
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-18 by Eric Nelson
Thank you Barry, I will and I appreciate that! Eric
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-18 by Eric Nelson
Thanks John! That question had come to mind earlier while I was thinking about printers in general as to how one should leave their high end printer for
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-18 by john dean
If you really want to thoroughly clean out the heads, dampers, and lines of a system and do a Total flush, I highly recommend the flush fluid that Cone sells
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Barry
Hi Eric, We run a 9600 at NLC. Call me if we can help you out with anything. -Barry Snidow
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Eric Nelson
Thank you Gary for that detailed info! I really appreciate that. I passed it on to the owner and we ll see what he says, but it certainly illustrates to me
[Digital BW] Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Eric Nelson
I would agree with you there! I assume the ink set is long gone since the seller says he removed them 7 years ago. You re right, these printers come along
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by photog0946
Hello Eric, I tend to agree with most of the replies so far concerning the probability that this machine will still be in working order. As Mark as mentioned,
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Greg
... Got a service manual for one of these? If so there are several things that you can make it print from the control panel to get an idea if it lives or dies.
Re: [Digital BW] Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Eric Nelson
If the thing does power up, electronics are OK, and I have cleaning carts at the ready, what other nightmares could I find out in this process? I saw some
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Mark Savoia
I would be hesitant on taking 7 year old inks and running them through, might cause more damage then good.... only if the owner knows it has a good chance of
Re: Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Eric Nelson
No I don t feel lucky at all lately! =) Is it possible to power it up and get some idea of the condition of the electronics, other questions I could ask, or
RE: [Digital BW] Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by David Whistance
Here in the UK I might risk it, but then we seem to pay a big premium on old printers compared to prices in the US. Make sure you have refillable cartridges
Re: [Digital BW] Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Mark Savoia
Ask yourself, would you buy a car that sat for 7 years. I wouldn t. Things dry out, gunk up, electronics might not work, ....unless you feel lucky? Mark
Looking for 9600 Buying Advice
2009-08-17 by Eric Nelson
I ve come across a used Epson 9600 for a little under $500 and was looking for advice as to whether this item would be a good gamble. The owner says he took
Postscript Error?
2009-08-15 by shileshjani
Hello All, I wonder if someone can help me. A few days back, I noticed my computer had rebooted after an auto update. It is an Win XP Pro system. When I
Free 3000 Arditos cleaning carts
2009-08-14 by John Wilton
Does anyone still use a 3000, and if so do that person need a cleaning setup, for the cost of postage (or pickup in NYC)? It consists of 4 carts with tubes
Re: Mothballing channels in 7500
2009-08-13 by pr_roark
John Wilton wrote: ... I use my home brew C6 base described here: http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf The MIS base would be fine
Mothballing channels in 7500
2009-08-13 by John Wilton
I ve had my 7500 set up with Paul s 4k+ with 4 dilutions of black, plus light magenta and diluted light cyan (MIS) for a few years now. I never use the LM and
Re: [Digital BW] OT....Photoshop Duotone presets
2009-08-12 by Jayanand Govindaraj
There are some very nice toning curves here, together with a nice article: http://www.butzi.net/articles/toning.htm Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India
Re: [Digital BW] OT....Photoshop Duotone presets
2009-08-12 by brouwerkent
Tony, this is great advice...this is what I was looking for. Color Fill layer is indeed a better way to do this...since I do not want to do anything in 8 bit
Re: CISS Print Problem
2009-08-12 by pr_roark
... Yes, I find the ink level in the tanks should be just above the print heads. These systems can syphon the ink back into the tanks if the ink level is
Re: [Digital BW] OT....Photoshop Duotone presets
2009-08-12 by Tony Sleep
... Ken Lee also used to have a few, including a very nice lavender-bronze quadtone. However he now thinks duo/quadtone is an inferior method - see
RE: [Digital BW] OT....Photoshop Duotone presets
2009-08-12 by Steve Woolfenden
Luminous landscape used to have some duotones and quadtones [incl selenium lookalike]that produced very pleasing results for me some time back - I assume
Re: [Digital BW] CISS Print Problem
2009-08-12 by Sam McCandless
Is the humidity especially low where your printer is located? -- Sam
OT....Photoshop Duotone presets
2009-08-11 by brouwerkent
Does anyone have any favorite Duotone presets? I know how to construct these, but am wondering if there any great ones that have been successful used for fine
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-11 by john dean
Another much simpler approach might be to simply eliminate the green channel altogether and replace it with a LLL Gray. You don t really need the green. Cyan
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-11 by john dean
Ernst, Well actually Studio Print already supports the Z3200 series in cymk and rgb, and it is ready to go for partitioning, ink limiting, etc. I m convinced
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-11 by Ernst Dinkla
... John, It would be nice. Perfect automatic head maintenance. Heads that can be replaced at an affordable price when needed. But what driver will do the
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by john dean
... Yes, I think you are right they are carbon mixed with other pigments, probably other black pigments, however it s not easy to know what else is in there .
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by john dean
No I am not. Ergo Soft wants a ridiculous amount to upgrade to support it, and even then its so difficult to profile that they want to make the profiles for
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by CorrPro96@aol.com
John... are you running your Z3100 out of StudioPrint? If so, what is the advantage over the native driver? Rich www.rmassiephotography.com ... From: john dean
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by pr_roark
... (I earlier wrote:) ... We do, in fact, have some preliminary evidence of how the HP Vivera inks do compared to Jon s Piezotones -- and Jon wins. The
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by pr_roark
... Then you would need something like the HP GO to dilute. I don t know if it has blanks in it -- clear pigments -- but it probably does. They may or may
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by john dean
Well the idea was theoretically to create a 6 tone monochrome inkset for the Z3100, not small Epson printers which I have no interest in. There is no LLK in
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-10 by pr_roark
... I don t know, but it would not satisfy the cheap side of me. If you re going to go with HP pricing, why not just use their LLK? Note that some have used HP
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-09 by john dean
Propylene glycol is used in making polyester compounds and as a solvent in the paint and plastics industries. It is used to create artificial smoke or fog for
Re: [Digital BW] Re:Source of low cost computers -- OT
2009-08-09 by Derek Clarke
W7 s XP mode is not a set of options, it s a full copy of XP running in a virtual machine. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re:Source of low cost computers -- OT
2009-08-09 by Seth Rossman
If you wouldn t use them with Vista, I darn sure wouldn t use them with Win 7. Although 7 is a step up from Vista, it is also another MS migration to get
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-09 by Bruce Watson
... You drink that crap? I gave up high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) years ago. Just a few days ago I saw an article from an FDA researcher (perhaps an
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-09 by Bruce Watson
... Scary isn t it? :-) -- Bruce Watson
Re: [Digital BW] Low gamut pigments
2009-08-09 by Bruce
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