Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mark
How are you? The Q you're asking has a long and kinda expensive answer. You 
have to get all of your toys on the same wavelength. WinXP is a good place 
to start. You then need PS (6, 7; CS is a processor and RAM hog). Then a 
monitor calibrator. You may find a better solution but until I got an Epson 
2200 and a RIP (ImagePrint 5), I had a hard time with getting to WYSIWYG 
process.                   www.computer-darkroom.com is a good place to get 
elaborations on the above.
Hope all is well with you. I think you can get to the above with 2K.
Sal


>From: "awahlster" <awahlster@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] new guy with big head ache
>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:24:56 -0000
>
>Ok a short note to see what happens here, My name is Mark W. I'm a
>Canon FD user along with a bunch of older rangefinders (Leica, Braun,
>Retina, Voigtlander, and Canon) I'm at a point where I want to
>drastically upgrade my digital darkroom I currently have a Canon
>D2400UF flat bed/transperancy scanner (2400X1200Dpi) and a HP 932C
>Printer 8.5X11.5 2400X1200dpi quad ink) I shoot both Color (mostly
>slides) and B&W (both C-41 and silver) Gateway EVF720 monitor (looks
>OK never matches anything exactly OK even close LOL)
>
>What I want:
>
>to scan 35mm B&W negs and Color Slides at a resolution that will
>allow me to print to 10X15 full frame (a little bigger would be nice
>but I would be very happy with high quality 10X15)
>
>To have one or two (if need be) Printers that can create a 25+ year
>matte print in realistic color and B&W simular to what I get in my
>wet darkroom (I'm no Ansel Adams in the darkroom but they are sharp
>and most of the time the B&W looks pretty good)
>
>To be able to do this without becoming a digital darkroom junkie or
>experimentor I need a proven formula that gets me very good looking
>work product I don't need Art gallery quality B&W or Fashion work
>color prints. I'm a Hobby Photographer who wants to make his own
>prints he can be proud.
>
>SO anyone got a direction for Hardware and Software (I'm a Win ME
>user with XP in the near future)
>
>What I'm not is real good at is combining a half dozen computer
>things into one to get something I can't figure out how use to make a
>print anyway. So please don't go there unless there is no other way.
>
>Any help like a simple list of what to buy I can use to start
>shopping and trying to find out how to use.
>
>My budget would be in the $2000.00 MAX range $1500.00 would be much
>better.
>
>If this has all been answered before a dozen times sorry but I
>figured help is easier to find if a person asks the specific question.
>
>Mark W.
>
>
>
>

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