Re: [Digital BW] Re: A different print exchange....
2002-09-03 by Jerry Olson
Well, everybody probably has a hi res copy of the Photodisk test photo with the babies. Someone who knows more than I about these things could guide us in converting it to an excellent black and white image, so we'd all do it the same exact way. Jerry shileshcjani wrote:
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> > Someone earlier had posted "technical" print exchange with the same > idea. I had joined, but I have not heard anymore. The problem is to > get a good image - who would volunteer their high resolution to be > out in the public domain? Test images, such as the Fuji (which I have > used quite a bit) are useful, but not very meaningful for artistic > expression. > > I would gladly participate if we can swing this. > > Shilesh > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Andr\ufffd Vallejo <avs@p...> > wrote: > > Aside from the usual print exchange that goes here,I was thinking of > > something different. There are now so many different combinations of > > ink,paper,printer and software,that it\ufffds very hard for most of us > now to > > evaluate what's "better". So my idea is: > > Someone chooses a representative image and upload it to the list > archive. > > All those who participate download it and print it with a certain > > combination. Variables could be: > > > > Inks: MIS VM,VM-Sepia and FS,Piezo in various flavors. > > Printers: 1160,1280,3000 and it's little sisters (like the 980) > > Paper: Maybe here we should stick to EAM only,otherwise the number > of > > combination will grow wild. > > Drivers: Epson,Imageprint and Piezo. > > > > So that we can stop wondering about differences and see for > ourselves. Sure > > that who is printing will still be an uncontrolled variable,but > there are > > limits to this idea... > > > > Any ideas about this and how to improve and implement it? > > > > Andr\ufffd Vallejo > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - Include your full name with your message. > - Include the address of your website, if you have one. > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or &amp;quot;flames.&amp;quot; > - Complete your Yahoo profile. > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/