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Re: Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-10 by pr_roark

... I think the 1800 might be more sensitive to several variables. For example, with respect to varying the amount of wetting agent, on the 1800 I was never

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Re: [Digital BW] Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-10 by pr_roark

... Black ink only printing; some Epson drivers have this option, and some people printed B&W that way. I use medium format Technical Pan film to get the

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Re: Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-10 by dlruckus

... Thanks. Yes, I have noticed that in my own experiments but didn t know if it might be a bit more critical with printers such as the 1800 with a much

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Re: Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-10 by pr_roark

... Yes. I m not sure why, but the last time I checked the 4:3 mix it was too high. I d switched to a different source for the glyerin (San Jose Chemical).

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Selecting inksets with Rip

2008-01-09 by lours51

Hello, I have an Epson 4000 which has 8 different inksets. Two of them are for blacks, one for matte paper and one for glossy paper, this means the printer is

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Epson R2400

2008-01-09 by rexy1326

Hello All, I m new to printing, and I recently bought an X-rite Photo LT package. I profiled my monitor and printer, but I was wondering if it s necessary to

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Re: Silver Rag and 2400

2008-01-09 by pglombick

I have also had feeding problems with certain papers, including SR which I use a fair amount of. I have a theory - untested thus far - that the coating on SR

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Re: Epson 2400 vs 2200

2008-01-09 by Will Clark

Hello Julio, ... Short answer: Yes! Longer answer: You ll get the K3 ink advantages of the 2400. You ll get the Imageprint advantages of truly no metamerism

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Re: [Digital BW] Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-09 by Roger

Paul, I m new to this users list, so here s a couple questions: 1. What is BO printing? 2. On your chart, is the Y axis something like a difference from

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Re: Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-09 by dlruckus

Hi Paul. Can I assume correctly that the change in glycerin % from your old ratio is in order to match a viscosity target? Regards Duane

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Re: Epson 2400 vs 2200

2008-01-09 by Clayton Jones

Hello Julio, ... It may be that nobody has replied to this because nobody is using IP with a 2400. The 2400 is popular mainly for two reasons: the K3 inks and

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Re: Silver Rag and 2400

2008-01-09 by richardeskin

Have you tried the Thick setting in the Utilities panel of the printer? That seemed to work better for me with 300 gsm Entrada. ... I m on my third 2400

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Re: [Digital BW] Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-09 by pr_roark

... MIS will probably market a version of it that will be very simple. It s in beta testing. For now, most should stay with existing, established inksets.

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Re: [Digital BW] Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-09 by Mark Gilvey

Seems to me we made our own developer in Photography school once...or maybe we just added stuff to change it. Sounds like you are breaking uncharted ground

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Re: [Digital BW] Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-08 by Mark Gilvey

Hi Paul, Please educate me on what I m looking at or point me to information on what your are doing. I m absolutely stunned by the photo on your home page so I

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Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-08 by pr_roark

I thought some might like to see a graph of the Lab A & B values that I m getting from a 21-step test strip printed with an R220 and the Eboni-6 inkset on

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Epson Exhibition Fiber experience?

2008-01-08 by Scott Jones

Greetings, I am evaluating many of the new photo black fiber papers and am interested in the new Epson Exhibition Fiber for my R2400 printer. Unfortunately

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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Flake reduction

2008-01-08 by Michael King

I agree. Interestingly I was cutting a few sheets of Ilford Gold Silk fibre yesterday and was really suprised how much dust came from the cut edges. Mike ...

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Re: Flake reduction

2008-01-08 by djon43

fwiw I continue to doubt flaking actually is a problem. I think flaking results from printing over dust. Dust comes from the environment AND especially from

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Re: Flake reduction

2008-01-08 by Louis Dina

Richard, I haven t experienced brushing causing flaking problems, but I have tried using a soft cotton cloth like a tee shirt before, and if you get too

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Re: Flake reduction

2008-01-08 by john dean

Hi Richard, How s it going up there? I use a large horse hair type drafting brush and I ve never had that problem ( that I know of). I brush very hard,

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Flake reduction

2008-01-08 by Richard Smallfield

Hi, I m just wondering - do people find that brushing matte rag papers too vigorously can actually *cause* flake? I always brush, blow and inspect before

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Unbrightened 13" roll paper?

2008-01-08 by Richard Smallfield

Hi, I m looking for an alternative to Entrada Natural - need either long lengths of 13 paper or else roll paper. So far all I ve found is Aurora Natural and

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Silver Rag and 2400

2008-01-08 by olaf ringdahl

Everyone My favorite printer is the 2400 and my favorite paper is the Crane Museo Silver Rag. My problem is that they don t seem able to get along. I m on my

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Re: BO-3 question...

2008-01-08 by the_des_bois

... between 3/4 MK and the ... different. (and a difference I like ... difference will be as ... Hello Robert, I used the 1800 with 3MK and was having the

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Re: BO-3 question...

2008-01-07 by Sarah Renkes

Thanks for the reply and your added comments, Robert.....I was hoping that was the case. Sarah ... 4pkn ... patterns

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Best fiber paper

2008-01-07 by gvalansi

Wich fiber inkjet paper is the best to emulate those fine art BW traditional prints in large format (rolls) Thx

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Re: BO-3 question...

2008-01-07 by robert49brake

... Hello Sarah, Yes it does. I have a new 1800 I ll be setting up for 3k printing and am looking forward to it. As a test before hand I set up a 220 with

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BO-3 question...

2008-01-07 by Sarah Renkes

Does the paper still show through with this method like the original BO? thanks, Sarah

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