Re: [Digital BW] Am I looking for the impossible?
2001-09-04 by Jerry Olson
Best quality and size for what you want is the Epson 7000 (Dye, also third party pigmented inks) or the 7500, EPSON archival 200 year inks, The prints look gorgeous at 6 inches or 6 feet. Depending on the inks you use, the curves you use, etc., you can get dotless sepia tone prints with ease. It is quite fast also, compared to the smaller desktop epsons. $3500 street, I believe is the going price. Prints up to 24 inches wide. Jerry gazzzzperth@... wrote:
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> After stumbling around photography groups and finding a whole heap of > trash, it was refreshing to find a group ( this one) that shows an > impressive depth and knowledge in the inkjet field, making myself, a > photographer with 20 years experience in the traditional field, feel > like a babe in the woods . It is with hope that I tentitivley ask if > there is an inkjet out there that can handle a light commercial load > of printing that has sufficient fine detail (lack of dots, artifacts > etc) to make prints ranging from 8"x10" up to 24" wide with good > longevity and reasonable speed(no more than 20 minutes for a 20"x30") > The problem with the larger plotter style inkjets (24+" wide), is > that they look OK from 7 or 8 feet away, but if you had to print > 8x10's on the same printer and view at arms length, it breaks down. I > print 20" wide on a Hope RA processor and am wanting to find an > inkjet replacement soon. I am unwilling to take a step backward in > quality however, on the other hand, I don't see the benefit of the > 1440plus dot quality.I do only B&W sepia Portrait . I have seen > results on textured paper with the smaller A-3 printers that made be > go watery eyed, but I would go broke waiting for them to print out. > Who likes plastic paper, I certainly don't. Can anyone help. > > Regards Garry Sarre > > > 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 > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/