Re: [Digital BW] Re: Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Mark Savoia
They did (sort of), an Epson tech told me how to do it years ago starting with the 9000. Mark
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[Digital BW] Re: Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by john dean
I know. I keep forgetting your bottle and tube approach. I need to do that with all my printers so I never have to think about it again. Can you tell me why
Re: [Digital BW] Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Roger Sopher
... Hi Sarah, An easy way is to print a step wedge on a piece of glossy paper. The ink doesn t bond tightly and can be lifted with a damp spotting brush and
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Mark Savoia
John, What, no waste bypass tube installed? I have not looked in my maintenance tank in over 2 1/2 years. I wonder what is in there? ... [Non-text portions of
Re: [Digital BW] Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Sarah Renkes
I don t know what I d do w/o this forum....it s just great to get a variety of suggestions to any given query....thanks all of you. Given the simplicity, the
Re: [Digital BW] Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Andrew Darlow
Hi Sarah: Here s a quick way to deal with this issue. You can cut and paste the areas that have spots onto a new 8.5x11 sheet and stick a few pieces of clear
Re: Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by john dean
I use Windsor Newton watercolor pigments custom blended and a good red sable #1 brush. Build it up gradually, in very light layers, and use tiny dots, not big
Re: Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Tyler Boley
I use Spotpens, but Mark s suggestion is brilliant and deceptively obvious... Tyler ... printing, and now I have
Re: [Digital BW] Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by Mark Savoia
Open your maintenance tank, use some wet ink from there, take a very small brush, 00000, and test on a waste piece of HPR until you have the matched density,
Touch-up pen for matte paper flakes? Is there such a thing?
2007-08-07 by sagaface
Like a bozo, I didn t take the time to wipe down the paper before printing, and now I have glaring white spots where the paper has flaked....damn HPR! Anyone
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Photoshop Faster On New Macs?
2007-08-07 by amadou diallo
Very few apps can utilize 8 processors simultaneously, and they are largely video editinging/production tools. See his blog post by John Nack for more info
Re: Photoshop Faster On New Macs?
2007-08-07 by Greg
History says that Photoshop will use as many processors as there is in the machine. But I have no real idea if CS3 continued that tradition. This goes back to
Photoshop Faster On New Macs?
2007-08-07 by michaelrosensf
I m not sure where to best ask this, but I think it s of interest to this group. I m in the process of deciding whether to buy a new Mac. Photoshop is the most
Re: Workflow for BO and the 1280
2007-08-07 by Kevin
i wish that i could remember. i sold the 1280 over a year ago for the 2400. keep at it because my 1280 made better b&w prints then the 2400. it took me a good
Short term storage?
2007-08-07 by schrochem
If I m not sure how long til I print next (weeks to a month), what s the best way to maintain nozzles and not loose ink? Oh and is it better to leave it on or
Re: Layers and BLending Modes
2007-08-07 by Steve Bye
You probably already know this but it makes a difference if you have Maximize PSD Compatibility set. If it is set, whenever you have a layered file, it saves
RE: [Digital BW] Inkjet Fine Art Certification.
2007-08-07 by Eric Neilsen Photo
It was my bread and butter for a while. Most copies looked much better than original work many times when the pieces were very old. I didn t work on copies of
[Digital BW] Re: Large 100% carbon display prints
2007-08-06 by Roger
... This is extremely helpful and answers a number of questions I ve had. I m currently experimenting with QTR and the R220 and finding that it s possible to
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Large 100% carbon display prints
2007-08-06 by Paul Roark
Hi Roger, ... I probably overkill on the points, but I like to get a curve that both hits the tones I want and is quite linear, before I linearize. I ve
RIPS for Epson R800
2007-08-06 by rip_id2857
Hi, Does anybody know what rips are available for the Epson R800. Until now I have only found the QTR as the other rips do not support the R800. If you know
RE: [Digital BW] Layers and BLending Modes
2007-08-06 by J Stan Mason
Peter, I think the misunderstanding may be that you are referring to TIF files and Alan was talking about PSD files. They act differently. I just confirmed
Re: Layers and BLending Modes
2007-08-06 by Tyler Boley
Peter, sorry but I confess to being befuddled as well. My file size does not increase until pixel info is added to the mask. I ll keep my eye on it for a while
Workflow for BO and the 1280
2007-08-06 by mbrouphy
I ve read through Clayton Jones paper on making fine art BO prints on the 2200 but it is hard to translate those steps into working with the 1280. If Clayton
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by SteveZ
... You have an excellent printer, inks, and you re working with excellent papers. And, while ABW is pretty nifty, it is part of the black box that is the
Re: [Digital BW] Layers and BLending Modes
2007-08-06 by zonepeter
Alan and Tyler, Thanks for the replies. I am still befuddled by this. On most of my files (all tiffs) when I add an adjustment layer it increases the file
Re: [Digital BW] Inkjet Fine Art Certification.
2007-08-06 by CorrPro96@aol.com
In a message dated 8/6/2007 3:48:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... photography. ... Does anyone remember an article that ran in one of the magizines late
Re: [Digital BW] Inkjet Fine Art Certification.
2007-08-06 by jnhugo
... photography. ... Does anyone remember an article that ran in one of the magizines late 70 s early 80 s when kodak came out with a new film for copying? I
Re: Large 100% carbon display prints
2007-08-06 by Roger
Hi Paul, this is very interesting. For others who want to experiment can you shed any light onto how you generate the point list which use use to create the
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Matting and framing
2007-08-06 by Joseph Chandler
I m doing some matting now, so I ll give this a try. Thanks, Joe C. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by petegorsky@external.umass.edu
... When you re in the Epson print dialogue box, go to the box beneath Presets and select Ink Configuration . In that box there is a slider that allows you
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by Alan Kearney
Bill, I also find my 4800 ABW settings with Hahnemühle s German Etching 310 roll stock, using their custom profile and VFA paper settings (as per Hahnemühle
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by Michael King
Bill, I do find that my 4800 ABW settings (linearity, inking etc.) for Epson papers are great, Epson have clearly worked hard on this. If you combine ABW+Epson
Re: Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by SteveZ
To my eye, the rest of the image looks fine. Now when you say cutting back on % of ink in 10% increments, how does one do that? ... trying to isolate ...
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by Michael King
Steve, There are so many things here that could be wrong. Here s my suggestion as to how you figure things out a bit more. VFA + ABW is a great combo so I
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by BKPhoto@aol.com
Steve- You ve question leads to a core issue in printing on the OEM path. You have an excellent printer, inks, and you re working with excellent papers. And,
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by petegorsky@external.umass.edu
Steve - it could be the result of many things, and I d suggest trying to isolate the variables as you try to solve the problem. If you re using the Epson
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by SteveZ
... probably conflicting ... willing to ... tell whether the ... monitor that ... going to be ... experimenting with the ... your prints, ... more specific ...
Re: [Digital BW] Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by petegorsky@external.umass.edu
Steve - I m sure you re going to get a lot of different and probably conflicting advice on your situation. Part of the answer would depend on how involved
Dark skies and Dmax
2007-08-06 by SteveZ
I need some advise on printing images with dark skies and/or skies that have a distinct transition gradient from dark to lighter tones Unlike most of you, I m
ArtixScan 1800f image path
2007-08-06 by Lew
This question/observation is raised by John s comment below. It seems to me that image path *is* certainly a scanner concept, especially for the
Re: [Digital BW] Inkjet Fine Art Certification.
2007-08-06 by djon43
... that would be the same, or as good as the original? ... Richard, I urge you to re-read. Studio photography skills (whatever you mean by that) and
Large 100% carbon display prints
2007-08-06 by Paul Roark
The primary downside, from my perspective, of the R1800 100% carbon workflow I m now using (see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800.pdf) is that the R1800
Re: [Digital BW] Museo MAX for B&W Printing
2007-08-05 by Tim Atherton
okay, I found one of my old emails with the test info in it from when Museo Max came out I was getting 1.70 with K3 inks
Re: [Digital BW] Museo MAX for B&W Printing
2007-08-05 by Tim Atherton
Mind you, I know an awful lot of people who pritned/tested the wrong sides on the sheets... For some reason a lot of the boxes were loaded upside down, and as
Re: Museo MAX for B&W Printing
2007-08-05 by Tim Atherton
... that included me (as I did with Silver Rag as well). I did report back my measurements at the time - but as to which one of the several groups I m on, it s
Re: [Digital BW] Inkjet Fine Art Certification.
2007-08-05 by CorrPro96@aol.com
In a message dated 8/5/2007 1:18:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, djon43@yahoo.com writes: A) I am exceptionally good at copy negs and there are plenty who are
Re: [Digital BW] OT - My chat with an archivist
2007-08-05 by Chris Wong
Or archive with one of the many online archive services. Then, you don t have to deal with the slow and cumbersome CD/DVD media. Chris ... [Non-text portions
Re: [Digital BW] Inkjet Fine Art Certification.
2007-08-05 by djon43
I d say that one is hard to imagine. Copy negs always lose some of the original, even in large format copying. A) I am exceptionally good at copy negs and
Re: [Digital BW] Museo MAX for B&W Printing
2007-08-05 by Tyler Boley
... Yup, I m a bit baffled by that too, but that s not to say wonderful prints with pleasing blacks can not be made with it. The impression of blackness seems
Re: [Digital BW] Museo MAX for B&W Printing
2007-08-05 by john dean
-It is not a bad paper by any means but if you are achieving a greater dmax than Hahnemuhle, you are the very first to report it. Everyone else was very