2006-10-30 by Walker Blackwell
Yeah. Sorry. Should have made the jest-part more clear. :-) By all means, don t do that without a full chem mask and goggles. It s a very bad poison. W
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2006-10-30 by Phil Radlick
Even though the comment below may have been made in jest, I just want to say the mixing ammonia and bleach is a very bad idea. The resulting reaction produces
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2006-10-30 by Michael Vendrell
I ordered 8.5 x 11 and 13 x 19 sizes from Atlex and both were back-ordered for about 3 weeks -- I m still waiting altho the price was good so I m hanging
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2006-10-30 by Paul Roark
Josh, ... http://www.atlex.com/premier/premier-supplies-paper-part-number.htm I usually use the 205 weight because of cost. The 325 is for a museum project
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2006-10-30 by Walker Blackwell
IT IS! It is the smell of ammonia. I should have realized that. Cut an ink bag open and dump bleach into it. Wonder what that would do. ;-) It wouldn t clear
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2006-10-30 by Nancy Wilson
Try www.inkjetart.com I have been buying from them for years. They are good to work with. Nancy joshhackney wrote: Paul, Where are
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2006-10-30 by joshhackney
Paul, Where are you buying this paper? USFA has been my paper of choice in the last 6 months, and my understanding is that these are the same. I do wonder if
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2006-10-30 by Mark Savoia
Then again, I can t smell fixer anymore. 42 years in a darkroom does that. Mark
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2006-10-30 by Walker Blackwell
Does it smell like dead fish? My Ultrachromes smell like that when they off-gas. Really nasty when I have 10 large 40x50 lusters hanging around. I ve never
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2006-10-30 by John Moody
You guys must have broken noses. The current UT7 inks have a distinct ammonia smell. Best regards, John Moody ... From:
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2006-10-30 by gilbert Draper
What did you eat for dinner? Gil ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint ...
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2006-10-30 by Stephen Castello
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:07:14 -0000, osiobrown ... I ve used Canon, HP and Epson printers, they all stink while drying. Some papers even
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2006-10-30 by Mark Savoia
Something must be wrong. There is no odor with the inks, is it your paper? Mark
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2006-10-30 by osiobrown
I again wanted to stress to you that the smell your inks are producing is NOT normal. This alone should convince you that there is something wrong. I would
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2006-10-30 by mccarvill
Thanks for the reply. The inks are new (July 06) and the smell only lasts about 24 hrs. So I suspect the smell is probably normal - e.g. think about how much
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2006-10-30 by ronleshuff
Yes and it s being overly used to PP images that have no shadow and completely one dimensional. It certainly is a useful tool, but one that is being abused.
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2006-10-30 by mimimike43
... do ... a ... e- ... Sorry. This has been sold. Thank you
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2006-10-30 by Kent Messamore
This is an extremely simple problem to resolve if you shoot RAW and use Photoshop. Dr. Brown s Place-a-matic allows you to develop two images correctly
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2006-10-30 by jim kitchen
Dear Bob, Check this site out for some incremental information, seeing that your work is digital... A few techniques listed at
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2006-10-30 by Eric Neilsen
Split ND filter. ND= neutral density, works for both color and B&W. Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226
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2006-10-30 by Tom Baker
I was thinking in terms of b&w for the orange filter. Obviously, it wouldn t work for color, but the polorazing filter will often do the trick. If not, as was
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2006-10-30 by Paul Roark
Richard, ... For soft proofing to work with the system, at least one of the RGB curves must go from the bottom corner to the top one with no flat spots and no
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2006-10-30 by FRD
If you¹re shooting digital, ND filters (IMO) are pretty useless as you can either bracket and layer blend (better quality) or layer blend from a single
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2006-10-30 by CorrPro96@aol.com
In a message dated 10/29/2006 10:01:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, boblovesphotos@gmail.com writes: I have been having trouble lately photographing in
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2006-10-30 by Stephen Castello
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:58:28 -0500, Bob Cain had a flock of green cheek conures squawk ... A graduated neutral density filter will
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2006-10-30 by Tom Baker
If you re shooting film, try an orange and/or a polarizing filter. If you shooting digfital, be shure you re shooting in raw mode, and a polarizing filter
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2006-10-30 by Charles Carstensen
Look at Lee Filters, using various combinations of neutral density graduated filters to get the sky above horizon cut down to allow proper foreground exposure.
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2006-10-30 by Bob Cain
I have been having trouble lately photographing in daylight. My foreground is sometimes severly overshadowed by the bright light of the sky. So trees look
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2006-10-30 by Richard Cooke
Hi Folks, I posted this to the QTR group but so far no takers. I m trying my first attempt at using Roy s Create_RGB_ICC program and I m getting the following
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2006-10-30 by osiobrown
The smell you are noticing is not normal. You may have a batch of expired inks. Check the date on each of your ink carts. Adam Brown Osio-Brown Editions
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2006-10-30 by bransonman2001
Mike, How would a sale like this work? I d like to pick up this unit to do small prints, and print on CD/DVDs if capable. But I have no idea how something
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2006-10-29 by Mark Savoia
What inks, I have never smelt anything? Mark
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2006-10-29 by mccarvill
I just made my first large format (23x33 ) prints and boy do they stink. All that ink, I mean. The prints look fine. I m using an Epson 7600 loaded with MIS
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2006-10-29 by mimimike43
I have a refurbished R220 in the box unopened, and 14 unopened packages of combined warm and neutral MIS inks. I am willing to take $75 plus the shipping
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2006-10-29 by Clayton Jones
Hello Francis, ... I think the answer is yes, and may be qualified by the choice of spray, but EEM is not the paper to use because it is not acid free. It
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2006-10-28 by Matti Koskinen
I print BO on heavyweight matte paper and also on watercolour radiant white. Don t have any numbers, but as the black ink is pigment based, I believe it last
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2006-10-28 by Nick H. Nugent
Hello Francis, Yes, but you need to use the sort of coating that is sort of liquid lamination to substantially reduce fading. I have Aqua Jetcoat II, Liquitex,
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2006-10-28 by tim4peace2001
Hello. I know that for the best print longevity when using a dye based ink printer (in my case an HP 9800) it is advised to use HP s swellable paper. HP does
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2006-10-28 by Andy-J
Clayton and Steven, Thanks for the suggestion on the flex-hinges (in Clayton s terminology, those are page binder thingies ) from Red River Paper. I think
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2006-10-28 by Peter De Smidt
You might want to look for album pages made out of Mylar. These should have the highest clarity.
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2006-10-28 by Steven Karafyllakis
Hi Scott, be glad to. Several people on this list are using some variation on the theme: I have K4 PK in the normal PK slot, K4 LK in the gloss slot, and K4
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2006-10-27 by Scott West
Steve, Thanks for the info on the paper. I m curious as to how you are using MIS K4 inks with an R1800? Could you elaborate on this? Thanks, Scott ... From:
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2006-10-27 by Clayton Jones
Hello Andy, ... Boxed sets are a long tradition in fine art photography and you have touched on all the major issues. The bottom line is that the best way to
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2006-10-27 by Diana York~Hawk Mtn Papers
We will be at Photo Plus Expo also - Booth 766. Who plans on attending? If you need a pass, email me. Diana York ~ Hawk Mountain Papers Professional Inkjet
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2006-10-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
Hi, ColorVision will have a booth, as usual, at PhotoPLUS next week. I ll be there, and while I don t yet know exactly what printers will be provided (very
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2006-10-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
The Canon iPF5000 printer has an interesting bug in the driver. If you define a set of settings at the driver level, then load a sheet of paper, choose the
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2006-10-27 by Paul Roark
Michael, ... Since the ICC was made with my system, paper, and ink batches, and the sliders set to 0 , that is what works best for me. ... Yes, it s primarily
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2006-10-27 by Steven Karafyllakis
Andy; One alternative is a post-binder album that attaches your prints via a peel-n stick cloth or paper hinge punched for the hole spacing of the posts. It s
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2006-10-27 by Michael Vendrell
Thanks Paul! I don t mean to sound dense -- but if I understand correctly: CC-0 means the profile usually works best for you with Color Controls
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2006-10-27 by Andy
I want a GOOD way to display BW photos. I read with interest Clayton s method of putting together a boxed set, and that is a method I am considering. I am
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