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Re: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results

Re: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results

2004-06-28 by John K. Stacy

Same here, B&W looks great right out of the box using Epson black and....ready??  "RoyalBrites Matte Photo Paper" from Sam's!!!!   Maybe I'm just not picky....;-)))

John
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kip Babington 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:38 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results


  Is it my imagination or am I getting very nice B&W results from my C84 ($24 
  net from Office Depot a couple of weeks ago) using the regular Epson 
  Durabrite ink and printing black-only on EHM?


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Re: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results- What Settings

2004-06-30 by sl91911

John,
  Interesting post with Kip. 
1. What settimgs are you using ?
2. Do you find a visible dot problem at 8x10 ?

                   stuart

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John K. Stacy"
<stacyj@j...> wrote:
> Same here, B&W looks great right out of the box using Epson black
and....ready??  "RoyalBrites Matte Photo Paper" from Sam's!!!!   Maybe
I'm just not picky....;-)))
> 
> John
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Kip Babington 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:38 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results
> 
> 
>   Is it my imagination or am I getting very nice B&W results from my
C84 ($24
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>   net from Office Depot a couple of weeks ago) using the regular Epson 
>   Durabrite ink and printing black-only on EHM?
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results- What Settings

2004-06-30 by Kip Babington

I'm using Epson Enhanced Matte paper.  In the Epson driver box I select 
Matte Paper - Heavyweight, Best Photo, Gamma 1.8 (2.2 is too dark, even 
though I had the impression that 2.2 was "normal" for a Windows machine) 
and Black Only.  I leave Brightness and Contrast at -0-, although I have 
come across one image which improved  bit with more brightness.  I can't 
see much difference whether Edge Smoothing is turned on or off.  I think I 
usually leave it on.

I have been reprinting 8x8 images that I worked up for photo books I did 
last Christmas for various family members.  The images were captured in 
color, usually as the largest JPEG files that the camera would 
save.  Processing was in Photoshop 7, including the filter Convert B&W Pro, 
which produces a monochrome image but one which remains an RGB file.  It is 
this file that is sent to the printer via QImage, my basic printing 
program.  ICC profiles are turned off in QImage, so only the C84 settings 
listed above are in effect (I believe.)

As to dots - yes, there are dots.  But interestingly (to me, as I was 
historically a fine grain/high resolution kind of guy in the wet darkroom) 
I don't find the dots particularly bothersome, particularly at a normal 
arm's length viewing distance.  And in some ways I think the C84 prints 
actually look a bit less "digital" than the smoother, higher resolution 
prints of the same files made with my Canon S9000 and Lyson Quad Black inks.

In any case, it won't cost you but a few cents to run some prints yourself 
and see how they look.  That's one of the major attractions of doing this 
all with Epson inks.

Cheers,
Kip

At 6/30/2004 04:13 AM +0000, you wrote:
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>John,
>   Interesting post with Kip.
>1. What settimgs are you using ?
>2. Do you find a visible dot problem at 8x10 ?
>
>                    stuart

Re: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results- What Settings

2004-06-30 by John K. Stacy

I just used the "Black Ink Only" setting, and the 8x10 test print that someone posted came out great, no visible dots.

John
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sl91911 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results- What Settings


  John,
    Interesting post with Kip. 
  1. What settimgs are you using ?
  2. Do you find a visible dot problem at 8x10 ?

                     stuart

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John K. Stacy"
  <stacyj@j...> wrote:
  > Same here, B&W looks great right out of the box using Epson black
  and....ready??  "RoyalBrites Matte Photo Paper" from Sam's!!!!   Maybe
  I'm just not picky....;-)))
  > 
  > John
  > 
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: Kip Babington 
  >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  >   Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:38 PM
  >   Subject: [Digital BW] C84 Initial Results
  > 
  > 
  >   Is it my imagination or am I getting very nice B&W results from my
  C84 ($24 
  >   net from Office Depot a couple of weeks ago) using the regular Epson 
  >   Durabrite ink and printing black-only on EHM?
  > 
  > 
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