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2008-02-20 by Steven Karafyllakis
David; I m not surprised you re having trouble keeping the ink on the film; you really do need to use the PK ink, and if that doesn t give you enough density
2008-02-19 by Eric Neilsen Photography
Have you tried making your own ICC grayscale/ toned profiles with Profile Maker or Datacolor? K3 inks being what they are should change from printer to
2008-02-19 by daniel
Just to clarify -- I see this effect independent of ABW settings (not that I ve tried them all!). That is, the problem isn t that the whole print has a colour
2008-02-19 by Scott Jones
Som people (like me) are expceptionally sensitive to slight color shifts in monchrome printing. Others don t notice it at all. I felt my ABW printing on EPSG
2008-02-19 by David
I m been printing digital positives on transparency film to use in making photo-polymer etching plates; similar to digital negatives, but I m printing
2008-02-19 by Scott Jones
I have just started printing with Harman and am really blown away by it. It will be my new paper and I will post an experience post about it here soon. I
2008-02-19 by David Whistance
Walt, hang on to the 4800, after all they re built like tanks and should last for years even in a production environment. There will be little, if any,
2008-02-19 by wwodets
Steve- Thanks. I looked at the Epson part numbers and the yellow cart is the same number for the 4800 and 4880. So I assumed that the same third party carts,
2008-02-19 by Tim Atkinson
I found my ABW prints to look quite artificial. They were excellent in neutral, but I did experience the ABW as a little over blue. I was quite put off. For
2008-02-19 by daniel
I m printing in ABW mode on an Epson 2400 with Epson K3 inks. My prints often have a very slight bluish color cast in the shadows; when I stare at the print
2008-02-19 by ausdlk
I use Ilford Gallerie Smooth Pearl for proofing. It is a fine paper in its own right as far as RC (vs. fiber) papers are concerned. Dave.
2008-02-19 by Myron Gochnauer
... I own the imagenomic and DxO products. Both are high quality, but I prefer the former. I particularly like the de-focus or resolution- limiting function
2008-02-19 by Ernst Dinkla
... It s 3.5 times wider, has an eye one spectrometer aboard for calibration and profiling etc, 12 ink channels instead of 8 and ink is 60% lower in price (ML)
2008-02-19 by Steven Karafyllakis
Walt; There is the 3rd party ink issue to consider-do either the wide format chip resetter or the auto-reset chips work for the 4880? If not, you ll have to
2008-02-19 by wwodets
I am using the Harman Gloss in a 4800 with K3 and I ve found that the Canon Gloss Photographic Paper, 190 GSM is quite good and very inexpensive--about 0.50
2008-02-19 by flyflightdeck
I m nervously about to try my first ever glossy paper in an inkjet printer.I ve ordered some Harman Gloss FB Al.My printer is an Epson 4800 with K3 ink.I ve
2008-02-18 by djon43
I don t know what s wiser for HP...they design and price for marketing reasons...I doubt it costs 5X (FIVE TIMES!) to make a $3500 Z3100 Vs a $700 9180.
2008-02-18 by Harold Jackson
Bill -- You and are in agreement more than we are in disagreement. Remember, all of my comments were preferenced with the understanding that one is trying to
2008-02-18 by wwodets
I m about to spend some money servicing my 4800 and I m wondering if there is any real preference for the 4880. This is BW work only, and I am using Paul s
2008-02-18 by BKPhoto@aol.com
Harold- I think this is foremost a question of artistic integrity. I have absolutely no problem encouraging people to adopt and use best practices, whatever
2008-02-18 by Ernst Dinkla
... Dieter Rot and Daniel Spoerri have done that in the past. Not all their art survived in an aesthtically nice sahpe but that was more or less intended. If
2008-02-18 by Steve F
... , Mark Savoia ... mirrorsphotography, The reason they are telling you that you are asking in the
2008-02-18 by SteveZ
Bill, well stated and I agree with you. Problem is since I m not a big name, marquis photographer I still must address my client s concerns about permanence. I
2008-02-18 by Tyler Boley
... to be paid for our artistic vision then we must pay some heed to the ... images that would be accepted by an art appraiser or, insurance company. ... I
2008-02-18 by Harold Jackson
Bill -- Your post presupposes that an artist has a reputation. What if he or she is in the process of establishing a reputation? And surely you re not saying
2008-02-18 by David Emerick
Harold and Tyler, Mark Gottsegen is attempting to do this as a new director Mark D. Gottsegen Chair, ASTM D01.57 Materials Research Director, ICA Co-Director,
2008-02-18 by BKPhoto@aol.com
Harold and Tyler, et al- I seldom post but this topic really gets me going. Archival is an artificial construct. Yes, I understand how and why it is used. But
2008-02-18 by Harold Jackson
Tyler -- I have no disagreement with you. It would serve the paper manufacturers well to band together to form an independent Institute that would rate all
2008-02-18 by fran leblanc, www.steamtractionart.com, w
Skill and art are absolutely what make the photo. Equipment helps; however, it is way, way down the line. Fran... www.artbyleblanc.com P. S. processed my first
2008-02-18 by SteveZ
... who s ... does ... pay the toll to have their respective papers tested. Strangely, most manufacturers have opted not to do this.
2008-02-18 by Mark Savoia
Gee, think it has anything to do with kickbacks? ;) Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-02-18 by SteveZ
... using papers that have been rated by Wilhelm. In other words start from the end and work back. What papers have been tested and, of those papers, which
2008-02-18 by Tyler Boley
Harold, with respect I have to disagree, and this is fodder for another thread entirely- the impact of people like Wilhelm on the marketplace... anyway, my
2008-02-18 by Mark Savoia
I find that most people (especially artists) just want to hear the word archival, not how archival. I tell them we print on archival papers using archival
2008-02-18 by Harold Jackson
I try to remove the permanence question from the conversation by using papers that have been rated by Wilhelm. In other words start from the end and work
2008-02-18 by Ernst Dinkla
... In think HP would be wiser to launch a 17 model based on a 10 channel inkset, a hybrid between the B9180 and the Z3100. With calibration but without
2008-02-18 by Tyler Boley
the lack ot this kind of information continues to be a bit of a problem. On the other hand, I ve lost some degree of patience with people insisting on this
2008-02-18 by Tony Sleep
... Bronzing using Vivera black+gray is significant on all gloss papers I ve seen when used withut GO. The same issue doesn t arise with composite B&W or
2008-02-18 by SteveZ
A local gallery owner is interested in buying some of my b&w prints and has asked me to disclose permanence ratings for the prints I would provide him. The
2008-02-18 by djon43
It d be interesting to see bronzing comparisons between b9180 and 2400 with a half dozen different-brand glossy papers. Bronze ranges from LOTS of to virtually
2008-02-18 by ddolan1991
Others have chimed in, but that has never stopped me from adding my own $0.02 worth .... You are thinking ahead but I think you might be thinking a bit too far
2008-02-18 by wwodets
Tony, Thanks for the description. I imagine that the HP inks are looking very different on the Harman than the K3 inks (with MIS carbon in the yellow
2008-02-18 by wwodets
Harold- Thanks for the comments, but how does the GE *look* on, for example, the Silver Rag? Does it raise the gloss of the unprinted paper, reduce it or not
2008-02-18 by Eric Neilsen
I guess that depends on what you define as cheap. Qimage is a layout, processing, web prep, etc program that for the professional version of $50 gets you a way
2008-02-18 by Tony Sleep
... I have seen Z3100 Harman FB AL gloss prints done using black+gray+GO. Overall they are pretty successful. The GO eliminates 80% of the bronzing and GD that
2008-02-18 by gerardthomas517x
... Yes he s in the wrong group. I think you might get better answers on WWW.DPREVIEW.COM hope this helps Mike ... gettign ... sepia
2008-02-18 by luxlebis
Thanks for the tip. After trying, I will report about my experiences.
2008-02-18 by Harold Jackson
Walt -- I don t use the Harman paper but I ll give you my experience with other papers using the gloss enhancer on the Z3100. My preference is for the Moab
2008-02-18 by wwodets
I ve gone through all the Z3100 posts and found little actually describing the appearance of the GE. How would you describe the appearance in terms of color
2008-02-18 by Eric Neilsen
I briefly tried the film pack and have no experience with True Grain. AS I recall it was ok, but since I already have the Imagenomic full set, I could not see