[Digital BW] Re: Crane Museo Silver Rag/beta testing
2006-01-12 by john dean
Who is testing it with K3?
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-12 by Walt Mucha
... From: Keith Cooper [mailto:yahoogroups@northlight-images.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:21 AM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Re: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-12 by Walt Mucha
... From: Greg [mailto:dfaprinting@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:04 AM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Digital BW]
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Crane Museo Silver Rag/beta testing
2006-01-12 by Timothy Atherton
... PS - that s using QTR and the Epson PK ink
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Crane Museo Silver Rag/beta testing
2006-01-12 by Timothy Atherton
... I would guess, with Epson UC inks, pretty much what I m getting with the 2200 slight bronzing (maybe a touch too much) far better in daylight where it is
Suggestions re: adjustments to 2400 default profiles to compensate for MIS K4 in
2006-01-12 by jerry78008
Thank you for the insights regarding adding individual MIS cartridges as the ink gets low. And now that the subject of profiling the 2400 for MIS inks, to
Re: Custom profiles for MIS Pro inks
2006-01-12 by steveabrink
I talked to MIS the other day about this and they said you can use Epson profiles but be warned they will probably not be accurate. I would need 12 color and
[Digital BW] Re: Crane Museo Silver Rag/beta testing
2006-01-12 by steveabrink
How is the bronzing with this paper with the 4000? Thanks, SteveB ... a couple ... the ... about its ... of it, I bet ... others on
PrintFix spectro
2006-01-12 by wgh2005
The PrintFixPRO package uses a colorimeter called (somewhat inaccurately) the Spectro 1005 . It is not a spectrophotometer. The difference between the PLUS
[Digital BW] Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-12 by Greg
... vary. ... print, ... It s a little faster than the CM2C that I have. The larger the squares, the faster you can go since you don t have to spend as much
Re: Add MIS 2400 color cartridges 1 by 1 as the Epson OEM carts expire
2006-01-12 by James Parker
Slightly OT, on my 2200, I had to send it back to the mfr as it went haywire and the magenta cart would not read properly. I didn t have to send the carts back
[Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-12 by Greg
... this? ... with ... fade ... Easy test, print onto a plain laser/copy/fax/inkjet paper with the black, then drop some water on it and see if it spreads. If
Re: [Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Steve Kale
I have heard that dye has likely been reintroduced with the K3 inks, possibly into the resin that encapsulates the pigment. If I were Epson I d neither
[Digital BW] Re: Add MIS 2400 color cartridges 1 by 1 as the Epson OEM carts exp
2006-01-11 by ferdinand_paris
I can t see how this is is any different with just replacing Epson carts normally. If one is empty and one is low, you run the risk of a double cleaning
RE: [Digital BW] Cool prints from UT EZ inks on Kirkland Glossy
2006-01-11 by Paul Roark
Mani, ... One warm cartridge in the Y position gets you to neutral. To match the slightly warm Ilford paper, I d probably start by putting the warm cart in
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Add MIS 2400 color cartridges 1 by 1 as the Epson OEM carts expire ?
2006-01-11 by Brubaker family
Another consideration is that each time you insert a new cart the printer will do a purge of all of the carts in the printer. I recall a thread about this on
RE: [Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Paul Roark
... I don t think this is correct. Do you have an Epson source for this? I ve fade tested the UC MK, and it is very good -- right up there with Eboni. The
Re: Add MIS 2400 color cartridges 1 by 1 as the Epson OEM carts expire ?
2006-01-11 by ferdinand_paris
I was wondering much the same thing for the 2200. I still have good stocks of some of the slow-to-use colours (I bought a job lot of carts in a poorly
Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Keith Cooper
... Thanks... Ah yes, there is no time, since I never measured 729 patches in one go! I find patch measurement exceedingly tedious and the total time would
Re: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Carolyn Frayn
... FWIW.. it takes me between 26 to 29 minutes, your milage will vary. I m told it should take 20 or so minutes, but it depends on your system.. also, if you
Greg - spectrophotometer vs colorimeter
2006-01-11 by wgh2005
Greg - I completely agree that something like a GMB software-hardware package would be ideal - but my work flow would not justify the several thousand dollar
Re: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Carolyn Frayn
... It won t talk to other software. You can read LAB values in the measure input thru preferences, and input L values in IJC to linearize, and I believe you
Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Greg
Keith, that was a pretty fair review, but the one thing that I didn t see (and may have over looked) was the amount of time it took to measure the 729 patch
Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Keith Cooper
... The only direct way of getting Lab values is to use the single patch measurement tool, in the prefs. The data files are XML though, so you can get a set of
Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Greg
Keith, nice picture of the device and it s colored lights! A very good idea that was to take a long exposure!
Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Greg
... new PrintFIX PRO ... comparing it with the price of ... have the actual skills/ ... make spot readings (Lab D50 ... Too add to this, you might need a
[Digital BW] Re: PrintFixPro, was Colorvision vs. Gretag
2006-01-11 by Greg
... it really ... different ... measures ... on this. ... it makes ... I ll tell you what I know of the old device. It was a ColorSavvy ColorMouse CM2C. The
[Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Greg
... to ... Ink, ... The Epson matte black has a dye component, which of coarse spreads more when it hits the paper, so it s probably dot gain. Eboni should
PrintFIX Pro info & review
2006-01-11 by Keith Cooper
Hi If anyone is curious, I ve posted a fairly lengthy review of the new PrintFIX PRO http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/printfix_pro.html I was
Re: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFixPro, was Colorvision vs. Gretag
2006-01-11 by Carolyn Frayn
... It is a spectrocolorimeter, not a spectrophotometer. Carolyn
RE: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFixPro, was Colorvision vs. Gretag
2006-01-11 by John Moody
They call it a spectro device, but it uses LEDs; so who knows what it really is. I guess there are two units as well; the pro version has a different device
Cool prints from UT EZ inks on Kirkland Glossy
2006-01-11 by Mani Varadarajan
I ve been printing using my C86 with the neutral Ultratone EZ set on Kirkland Glossy paper. In comparison to traditional B&W prints, the inks definitely have a
RE: [Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Paul Roark
Steve, Thanks for the information on the 1800. ... I saw that with the 1160 -- definitely not a 3 pl. with respect to the K. The 1280 K was much better, even
[Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Steven Karafyllakis
To me it looks like the drop is coarser, though some of it may be due to dot gain. In any case, it is decidedly coarser than the PK drop. From what I saw of
Re: PrintFixPro, was Colorvision vs. Gretag
2006-01-11 by Jon Canfield
... and ... The new PrintFixPro does use a spectro device for printer profiling. I don t know how accurate it is compared to the EyeOne or Pulse though. Jon
Re: PrintFixPro, was Colorvision vs. Gretag
2006-01-11 by helen_bach2003
Thanks Greg, that s interesting information. I ve been having my colour profiles made by Dry Creek and doing my own B&W ones with a densitometer, but keep
(xpost for advice) New York Institute of Photography?
2006-01-11 by Megan Milligan
does anyone know anything about the New York Institute of Photography? I was considering taking some of their classes since I hadnt heard back from the local
[Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Greg
... Drop size versus dot gain? Does the matte ink realy only drop at 4pl, or is the dot gain such that it looks like a 4pl drop?
Re: What price for custom printed books?
2006-01-11 by Greg
I was thinking more along the lines of how much do you think you should pay to have a book printed and bound, not about it s resale amount. And I read the
Re: [Digital BW] Messages in reverse order . . .
2006-01-11 by dschiemann
That is the order on my computer, and believe it has always been that way. Donald
[Digital BW] Re: QuadTone RIP vs Epson inks
2006-01-11 by Steven Karafyllakis
Paul; The quick answer is not as smooth as I d hoped; but it s more complicated. If you do a QTR ink separation print, you find that the matte K gets nowhere
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Upsize Report
2006-01-11 by Peter Marshall
Guy, There is a fundamental difference between wanting to share images with people through the web and putting them in the public domain. However if you put
Re: What price for custom printed books?
2006-01-11 by dahaal
... I don t have a lot of experience with this, but I can offer the following data point: Michael Reichmann on Luminous Landscape put together a book of 26
Re: [Digital BW] 4800 USFA roll cutting
2006-01-11 by Steve Kale
... I ve just left it on standard but others may have better advice. You ll need to use Double Cut if the image runs close to your page size. ... I can
Re: PrintFixPro, was Colorvision vs. Gretag
2006-01-11 by Greg
... The colorimeter will not be as accurate. It may be close, as the old system that was exactly like this was close, but not as accurate. Owning many
Re: [Digital BW] 4800 USFA roll cutting
2006-01-11 by Olivier
It sounds very positive. Just an additional question : do you leave the cutting mode set to auto/standard or do you set it for heavy paper and slow cutting ?
Re: SilverRag Piezotone test
2006-01-11 by Greg
... I would have tried it too... Because sometimes you get little surprises and things work. I read about a lot of people using Glamore2 thinned with water and
Re: [Digital BW] 4800 USFA roll cutting
2006-01-11 by Steve Kale
Yes 308. I m in the UK. Of course there will be wear and tear, especially on the blade, but if something actually breaks in the sense beyond normal wear and
Re: Buffered or Unbuffered Matt Board
2006-01-11 by Greg
... Guess I won t bother printing it until it gets updated.
Re: [Digital BW] 4800 USFA roll cutting
2006-01-11 by Olivier
Do you know if 7600 and 4800 cutting systems are similar by any chance ? Thanks for the reply. Olivier