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In a message dated 4/2/2002 10:34:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
butchhul@... writes:


> George,
> 
> I am also using a 7000 with the IP4 RIP and MIS-FS inks. Just 
> finished framing and hanging a show of prints that I finished this 
> past weekend.
Butch,
Thanks for responding to my query.
I am glad to hear from others who are using the system and are happy with it. 
Not too many people chimed in, which I am guessing is a sign of lack of usage 
rather than dissatisfaction.
Congratulations on your apparent success. I hope your exhibition leads to 
many other successes.
(Must also say, Mike Kravit is both a gentleman and a fine source 
of information for any traveling down this particular road.)
I must agree with you 110% on this point. Not only has he offered his 
knowlege, experience and expertise, but he has generously offered to send a 
sample print so I can put an eyeball on the picture!
They say that what goes around, comes around, so I hope some of the best 
things that come around come back to  Mike.
This list is a pleasure to participate in, and I hope that I can someday 
contribute to it in a positive way.
( Images from 35mm Tri-X, scanned at 2800 dpi 
on Minolta Multi, printed 18x27 on 24x36 Legion Photo Matt.)
Sounds like an amazing feat!
Thanks again,
George J Kunze



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>>>>>Images from 35mm Tri-X, scanned at 2800 dpi 
on Minolta Multi, printed 18x27 on 24x36 Legion Photo Matt.<<<<<<


That sounds nearly impossible to do while retaining any kind of 
quality! What's the secret? I would certainly like to see one of 
those exibition prints. 

Bruce McElhaney
McElhaney Portrait Studio
Livonia, MI














--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., toomagenta@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 4/2/2002 10:34:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> butchhul@a... writes:
> 
> 
> > George,
> > 
> > I am also using a 7000 with the IP4 RIP and MIS-FS inks. Just 
> > finished framing and hanging a show of prints that I finished 
this 
> > past weekend.
> Butch,
> Thanks for responding to my query.
> I am glad to hear from others who are using the system and are 
happy with it. 
> Not too many people chimed in, which I am guessing is a sign of 
lack of usage 
> rather than dissatisfaction.
> Congratulations on your apparent success. I hope your exhibition 
leads to 
> many other successes.
> (Must also say, Mike Kravit is both a gentleman and a fine source 
> of information for any traveling down this particular road.)
> I must agree with you 110% on this point. Not only has he offered 
his 
> knowlege, experience and expertise, but he has generously offered 
to send a 
> sample print so I can put an eyeball on the picture!
> They say that what goes around, comes around, so I hope some of the 
best 
> things that come around come back to  Mike.
> This list is a pleasure to participate in, and I hope that I can 
someday 

> contribute to it in a positive way.
> ( Images from 35mm Tri-X, scanned at 2800 dpi 
> on Minolta Multi, printed 18x27 on 24x36 Legion Photo Matt.)
> Sounds like an amazing feat!
> Thanks again,
> George J Kunze
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> 
> That sounds nearly impossible to do while retaining any kind 
of 
> quality! What's the secret? I would certainly like to see one of 
> those exibition prints. 
> 
> Bruce McElhaney
> McElhaney Portrait Studio
> Livonia, MI

Greetings Bruce, 

No particular secret, some more info below

Original film was Tri-X (rated at 200ASA), shot with Leica M4 and 
various lenses, mainly 28mm

Developed in D-76 (1:1)

Scanned at 2800dpi on Minolta Scan Multi with software upgrade 
as 16bit Raw Files, Inverted in Photoshop

Black/White points set in Levels, then Midpoint adjusted til it gave 
me good detail in shadow areas. Then cropped and upsampled 
using the crop tool to 18x27 at 300 dpi (I expected things to fall 
apart at this time, but was quite surprised at how well everything 
held together, histograms were quite smooth, no combing)

Dropped to 8Bit, then worked in multiple levels in various 
blending modes/layer masks to adjust densities in various 
areas of the print.

Sharpened using J. Deadman's SuperSharpen Action, slightly 
modified to my own tastes

Printed out with the Imageprint4 RIP on Legion Photo Matt, 
MIS-FS Inks, using Lyson 180 profile and Cone Ink settings. Gray 
profile was a custom one I had developed for printing Piezo on 
an 1160 on Epson Archival Matt

Just got back from putting them up, and am very pleased with the 
outcome.

Butch Hulett

> Printed out with the Imageprint4 RIP on Legion Photo Matt,
> MIS-FS Inks, using Lyson 180 profile and Cone Ink settings. Gray
> profile was a custom one I had developed for printing Piezo on
> an 1160 on Epson Archival Matt
> 
> Just got back from putting them up, and am very pleased with the
> outcome.
> 
> Butch Hulett
> 

If they're anything near the quality I've seen from Butch in the past I'm
sure they are gorgeous.

Todd

Sound great... Butch, Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't 
get high quality large prints from 35mm, even when scanned at 4000. I 
do much better with 120 t-max 100 negs. Scanning in 16 bits has to 
make a difference also. Plus I usually just sharpen in photoshop. Of 
course I'm not using ImagePrint RIP either. I do have a demo copy 
coming any day now.

Bruce McElhaney
McElhaney Portrait Studio
Livonia, MI


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> > Printed out with the Imageprint4 RIP on Legion Photo Matt,
> > MIS-FS Inks, using Lyson 180 profile and Cone Ink settings. Gray
> > profile was a custom one I had developed for printing Piezo on
> > an 1160 on Epson Archival Matt
> > 
> > Just got back from putting them up, and am very pleased with the
> > outcome.
> > 
> > Butch Hulett
> > 
> 
> If they're anything near the quality I've seen from Butch in the 
past I'm

> sure they are gorgeous.
> 
> Todd