2008-01-24 by espen.aasheim
... Hi. That sounds excellent, Paul. But could there be a problem with damaging the surface when I roll the prints, to ship them in wide cardboard cylinders?
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2008-01-24 by Greg
My 9500 refuses to accept transparent media without a backing sheet, or turning the sensors off. When the backing running out, the light stops shining back to
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2008-01-24 by Harold Jackson
Tyler -- I am starting to do some business with John Harrington at JVH and saw one of your images that won a contest that that JVH sponsored. It was a B&W
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2008-01-24 by Tyler Boley
Do I recall a post here recently that people were getting different dmax on this paper depending on thickness? If so, can someone repeat that result? I m
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2008-01-24 by Mic
Russel Brown gives a similar technic but with two Hue/Sat layers. You create the first one and you choose the blending mode to color , that will act as
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2008-01-24 by bruce rowell
hi,beginner question here, how do i load paul s profiles for this paper in qtr-in mac format. thanks,bruce-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
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2008-01-24 by Steve F
... adjustment ... in a ... Paul, Do you have any thoughts about the relative merits of doing the conversion to B&Won the raw file via ACR or taking the color
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2008-01-24 by David
Greg, I believe you are correct. My Epson R2400 was recognized the transparency film even without the strip, but the print with the strip came out much better,
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2008-01-24 by pr_roark
Evan, ... The preview curve does not show the effects of the smoothing algorithm, and perhaps other factors. So, you ll notice bulges, etc. in the final one
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2008-01-24 by gochatunbdotca
Paul is, of course, the expert on this, but I would encourage you to just dive in. Something like the EEM profile works pretty well for many papers, and you
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2008-01-24 by gochatunbdotca
... LightZone is well worth a look if you tend to think in Zone-System terms. Among other things, it allows you to lock or adjust specific zones ( Zone
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2008-01-24 by Le Globe Trotteur
I made an interesting B&W plugin as part of my Digital converter package. You may just be interested only by the converter. You should give it a try. It will
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2008-01-24 by Gary Brown
Check out www.thepluginsite.com In the photowiz section there is a plugin called B/W styler. It gives you the most control in B/W conversion that I have ever
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2008-01-24 by Greg
... I m pretty sure the white strip at the end is so that the electronic eye in the printer s head can see that you really have loaded some medium falls
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2008-01-24 by David
Thanks Mark. See my SUCCESS message. The problem was how the film was being handled by the printer. When I used a film with a white strip on the end, it
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2008-01-24 by David
After fooling with this to the point of madness, I finally tried a sheet of film with a white strip on the end (from a friend, Highland or 3M brand I think).
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2008-01-24 by evanj1969
sorry, i should have been looking at the program when i asked that question. i see that the density is not an option at that point. OK, so when i create a
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2008-01-24 by pr_roark
Evan, ... The density is, I think, just used for the partitioning. When you manually write a curve it is not used. ... Yes, lots of points and very fine
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2008-01-24 by Steven Karafyllakis
David; ... image. ... Banding on transp. film is very common, more the rule than the exception. I think it has to do with decreased dot-gain. If you need
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2008-01-24 by Mark Gilvey
Hey that s a pretty cool program. Mark ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2008-01-24 by evanj1969
thanks paul, what you described is exactly what i ve been trying tonight. i had just hoped there was going to be an easier way. once i get the first curve
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2008-01-24 by pr_roark
Tia, ... With respect to papers, be sure to read the sections (links to small PDFs) in http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800.htm that relate to papers for
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2008-01-24 by pr_roark
When you open the curve in the Curve Creator you can hit Show Curve and see the graph of the various ink curves. From this you can simply transfer the graph
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2008-01-24 by Ender100@aol.com
David, I have worked with a couple of people with photopolymer plates for photogravure—a lot of fun. I am beginning right now to calibrate the KM-73 plate
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2008-01-24 by evanj1969
i posted this question on the QRT forum, but have received no response. i was hoping someone here may be able to help. Is this possible? when working in the
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2008-01-24 by pr_roark
Hi Daniela, ... Yes, I found it on the internet. I must say, however, the sample Dow sent to me will probably last me for many years. ... I ll continue to
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2008-01-24 by Drew Tait
This is nto a plug for software but... I am a Linux user who has stumbled across a peice of software called LightZone from http://www.lightcrafts.com. It is
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2008-01-24 by dlruckus
... I saw a recent news item that referenced the blackest black yet achieved by utilizing carbon nanotubes. It might be pretty nifty with matt papers:) Regards
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2008-01-24 by Mark Gilvey
That is a great method Clayton. I didn t know I could adjust the saturation to make a change. I thought I could only use the lightness part of the h/s
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2008-01-23 by sparta_0321
I have just purchased a refurbed R1800 and the MIS eboni black inks to in order to use the 3-MK process that Paul Roark describes. I read the Great Paper Chase
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2008-01-23 by David
In response to your questions: 1. I m trying to create digital positive transparencies for exposing photopolymer etching plates. To do this, I need the random
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2008-01-23 by dgattarino
... To my understanding, viscosity and surface tension are correlated. You need to make both right. For example, water has very low viscosity but very high
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2008-01-23 by Ender100@aol.com
David, 1. What printer settings are you using? 2. What film are you printing on? 3. Are you using photo black and original Epson inks? 4. Have you run
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2008-01-23 by Eric Neilsen
David, Some of the Epson printers will use the white strip to see the edge of the transparency. Most problems that I have seen with it have been in NOT using
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2008-01-23 by David
I m trying to print transparencies, but they always end up inconsistent, often with lines or bands in them. I print the same images on paper and don t have
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2008-01-23 by Mark Gilvey
Hi Clayton, I will give it a try. Mark ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2008-01-23 by pr_roark
Hi Daniela, ... This even though the viscosity was OK? That must be a very effective surfactant. The Dow product I used seems to be used in lots of cleaning
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2008-01-23 by Clayton Jones
Hello Mark, ... I use a combination of Hue/Sat layer and Channel Mix layer in CS. Here is the full technique I now use, which has evolved over time. It gives
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2008-01-23 by Clayton Jones
Hello Frank, Welcome to the forum. ... If you see dark zone details on screen you should be able to get them on paper, whether using BO or any other printing
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2008-01-23 by dgattarino
Hello Paul, going through a large amount of literature (mostly patents by Epson or similar ink related firms), it appears that inks require tipically two
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2008-01-23 by john dean
Epson has done just that in their 11880. The black inks are no longer brown. This has a friend of mine jumping for joy with his. This will certainly trickle
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2008-01-23 by Greg
... very ... I think it is time to look into different forms of the carbon matrix. There most be a form of pure carbon that does not have the too warm
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2008-01-23 by frankbickelmeyer
Hello, my name is frank coming from germany and i am new in this group. I am interested strongly in B&W fineart printing and startet a few weeks ago with a
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2008-01-23 by Mark Gilvey
Very interesting, I ll give it a try. Mark ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2008-01-23 by Stephen Petegorsky
... What is cell-phone emery cloth??? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2008-01-23 by Roger
... I use the channel mixer in CS2 and balance the color sliders to get the eye appeal I want. It s possible to exceed [slightly] 100% in one color and be
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2008-01-23 by Paul Grant
Yes CS3 has few worthwhile features...... The Channel mixer feature is available in CS2 so you can play with it there. From time to find I find that the blue
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2008-01-23 by pr_roark
... I think the IS glossy black PK and LK that MIS sells are pure carbon. The problem with them from my perspective is that they are also very warm. The
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2008-01-23 by Mark Gilvey
I need to get CS3, there are a lot of new features in it that I like. Thank you for your input on channel mixing...it gives me some structure instead of just
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2008-01-23 by Paul Grant
For those that have CS3 you have the option of using the b/w adjustment layer. Gives you all the flexibility of what you do in Lightroom. Also for those that
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