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New A3 Epson printer

New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Andre

Epson has announced in Japan for now, a new 1440x5760 dpi, 8 inks, A3
size printer with a 1.5 pl. dot size.

Could this be base on the R800 printer inkset ? And if so, how are b&w
prints coming out with the R800 ?

http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/printer/inkjet/pxg5000/pxg50001.htm

Andre Moreau

RE: [Digital BW] New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Nelson Ricciardi

Andre

The R800 has only one black cartdrige, right? There is no LIGHT BLACK.

That might be a problem.
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> From: Andre [mailto:am1000@...] 
> Sent: terça-feira, 28 de setembro de 2004 12:10
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> Subject: [Digital BW] New A3 Epson printer
> 
> 
> Epson has announced in Japan for now, a new 1440x5760 dpi, 8 
> inks, A3 size printer with a 1.5 pl. dot size.
> 
> Could this be base on the R800 printer inkset ? And if so, 
> how are b&w prints coming out with the R800 ?
> 
> http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/printer/inkjet/pxg5000/
> pxg50001.htm
> 
> Andre Moreau
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Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Andre

Using BabelFish translation, I can see that this printer has both a
photo black and a matt black ink and 6 color cartridges.

Andre Moreau

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson
Ricciardi" <nelson_@r...> wrote:
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> Andre
> 
> The R800 has only one black cartdrige, right? There is no LIGHT BLACK.
> 
> That might be a problem.
> 

> > 
> > http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/printer/inkjet/pxg5000/
> > pxg50001.htm
> > 
> > Andre Moreau
> > 
> >

Re: [Digital BW] New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Bob Frost

Nelson,

Epson state that the R800 and Picturemate don't need a light black because 
the dot size is so small - 1.5pl

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nelson Ricciardi" <nelson_@...>


Andre

The R800 has only one black cartdrige, right? There is no LIGHT BLACK.

That might be a problem.

RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Nelson Ricciardi

Andre

The light black is very important if you wnat to get a good back and white
with no metamerism.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre [mailto:am1000@...] 
> Sent: terça-feira, 28 de setembro de 2004 13:53
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> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer
> 
> 
> 
> Using BabelFish translation, I can see that this printer has 
> both a photo black and a matt black ink and 6 color cartridges.
> 
> Andre Moreau
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson 
> Ricciardi" <nelson_@r...> wrote:
> > Andre
> > 
> > The R800 has only one black cartdrige, right? There is no 
> LIGHT BLACK.
> > 
> > That might be a problem.
> > 
> 
> > > 
> > > http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/printer/inkjet/pxg5000/
> > > pxg50001.htm
> > > 
> > > Andre Moreau
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RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Martin Sluka

At 14:20 -0300 28.9.2004, Nelson Ricciardi wrote:
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>Andre
>
>The light black is very important if you wnat to get a good back and white
>with no metamerism.

It looks as it uses the same head as R800, the same inkset as R800 
and the roll as 4000. CMYK(Photo and Black)RB + glossy enhancer.

Grey is important, but not if 1.5 pl drop. Metamerism is solved with 
R800, check it.

Martin
--

RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Jay Gladwell

Martin--

A friend of mine from England sent me severals b&w print dones on the R800.  
It shows that metamerism is till a problem, even for the R800.  The only 
print that it wasn't showing up on was the print on matt paper.

Jay
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>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer
>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:16:08 +0200
>
>At 14:20 -0300 28.9.2004, Nelson Ricciardi wrote:
>*******************************************
>
> >Andre
> >
> >The light black is very important if you wnat to get a good back and 
>white
> >with no metamerism.
>
>It looks as it uses the same head as R800, the same inkset as R800
>and the roll as 4000. CMYK(Photo and Black)RB + glossy enhancer.
>
>Grey is important, but not if 1.5 pl drop. Metamerism is solved with
>R800, check it.
>
>Martin
>--

RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Martin Sluka

At 18:39 +0000 28.9.2004, Jay Gladwell wrote:
*******************************************

>A friend of mine from England sent me severals b&w print dones on the R800. 
>It shows that metamerism is till a problem, even for the R800.  The only
>print that it wasn't showing up on was the print on matt paper.
>
>Jay

But not so bad as usuall. When I printed from RGB source with 
greyscale option on the result was neutral, compared to output from 
ESP 2100 with Imageprint.

Martin
--

RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Arthur Fink

At 02:39 PM 9/28/2004, Jay Gladwell wrote:

>A friend of mine from England sent me severals b&w print dones on the R800.
>It shows that metamerism is till a problem, even for the R800.  The only
>print that it wasn't showing up on was the print on matt paper.

Perfect, I saw, because who wants black on white on non-matte paper.

But ... I have an R800, and the quality of black and white is not what I 
get from my Epson 3000 or Epson 1520 using the Piezography driver and MIS 
FS-UT ink.



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Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by James Irelan

>
>
>  Perfect, I saw, because who wants black on white on non-matte paper.
>

I do, actually, on Darkroom Gloss.  Closest thing I've seen to Oriental 
Seagull.

James

RE: [Digital BW] New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Nelson Ricciardi

Bob,

Thanks for your reply.

How is the quality of "black only" B&W prints with the R800? Is it good?

Thanks
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Frost [mailto:bob@...] 
> Sent: terça-feira, 28 de setembro de 2004 14:10
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] New A3 Epson printer
> 
> 
> Nelson,
> 
> Epson state that the R800 and Picturemate don't need a light 
> black because 
> the dot size is so small - 1.5pl
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nelson Ricciardi" <nelson_@...>
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> The R800 has only one black cartdrige, right? There is no LIGHT BLACK.
> 
> That might be a problem.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Carl Schofield

James,

Have you found an inkset that will produce B&W prints on Darkroom Gloss 
that do not exhibit metamerism?  I tried the Lyson Quad Blacks 
(neutral) with Darkroom Gloss in my 1270 and the dmax is exceptional 
(2.6+), but the prints shift from a perfect neutral in daylight to a 
garish red tone under incandescent lighting.  The new "Daylight 
Darkroom" inkset supposedly reduces metamerism, but I haven't seen any 
prints yet.  From what I've heard, the Daylight Darkroom inkset 
consists of the Lyson Quad Blacks (neutral) plus the C, M, and Y inks 
from the Small Gamut inkset for toning, but I don't know how this 
inkset is supposed to reduce metamerism.

Carl
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On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 04:01  PM, James Irelan wrote:

>>
>>
>>  Perfect, I saw, because who wants black on white on non-matte paper.
>>
>
> I do, actually, on Darkroom Gloss.  Closest thing I've seen to Oriental
> Seagull.
>
> James
>

Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by James Irelan

On Sep 28, 2004, at 1:15 PM, Carl Schofield wrote:

> James,
>
>  Have you found an inkset that will produce B&W prints on Darkroom 
> Gloss
>  that do not exhibit metamerism? 

Well, I can't help you with comparing inksets, because right now I'm 
invested in one- Fotonics.  I'm slowly trying to come up with an 
IP-like setup of Colorburst to print black and white with these inks on 
the Darkroom Gloss. I'm doing it under the guidance of someone who's 
the brains behind the operation.  So far I've had good news and bad 
news:  certain aspects of the prints are very promising, but I did see 
a dramatic difference in color from room lights at night to indirect 
daylight.  What looked pretty neutral in room lights looked green in 
daylight.  However, that was with an earlier iteration.  Subsequent 
ones have looked about 98% there, with only a faint hint of green in 
daylight.  Then there was a coincident other problem, which I need to 
now investigate- it could have been a fluke, but since it happened I 
haven't had the opportunity to check it out more.  So the profiling is 
still not ready for prime time, but, as I say, shows promise.  It seems 
reasonable that a dedicated gray set would be better than the Fotonics 
for black and white, but I don't have a printer set up for gray only, 
so this is what I'm working with now.

James

Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Jay Gladwell

Actually, I've come to prefer b&w on matt over glossy.

Jay
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>From: James Irelan <james@...>
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>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer
>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:01:53 -0700
>
> >
> >
> >  Perfect, I saw, because who wants black on white on non-matte paper.
> >
>
>I do, actually, on Darkroom Gloss.  Closest thing I've seen to Oriental
>Seagull.
>
>James
>

Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-28 by Carl Schofield

Thanks James.  Sounds like the Fotonics with Darkroom Gloss could be an 
ideal solution for color and B&W if you can minimize the metamerism.

Carl
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On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 04:39  PM, James Irelan wrote:

>
> On Sep 28, 2004, at 1:15 PM, Carl Schofield wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>>  Have you found an inkset that will produce B&W prints on Darkroom
>> Gloss
>>  that do not exhibit metamerism? 
>
> Well, I can't help you with comparing inksets, because right now I'm
> invested in one- Fotonics.  I'm slowly trying to come up with an
> IP-like setup of Colorburst to print black and white with these inks on
> the Darkroom Gloss. I'm doing it under the guidance of someone who's
> the brains behind the operation.  So far I've had good news and bad
> news:  certain aspects of the prints are very promising, but I did see
> a dramatic difference in color from room lights at night to indirect
> daylight.  What looked pretty neutral in room lights looked green in
> daylight.  However, that was with an earlier iteration.  Subsequent
> ones have looked about 98% there, with only a faint hint of green in
> daylight.  Then there was a coincident other problem, which I need to
> now investigate- it could have been a fluke, but since it happened I
> haven't had the opportunity to check it out more.  So the profiling is
> still not ready for prime time, but, as I say, shows promise.  It seems
> reasonable that a dedicated gray set would be better than the Fotonics
> for black and white, but I don't have a printer set up for gray only,
> so this is what I'm working with now.
>
> James

Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by James Irelan

On Sep 28, 2004, at 3:54 PM, Jay Gladwell wrote:

> Actually, I've come to prefer b&w on matt over glossy.
>

Previously, I always preferred matte, too.  But I'm not talking about 
"glossy", which looks like plastic.  Talking about Lyson's Darkroom 
Gloss, which looks like fiber gloss darkroom paper.

James

Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by James Irelan

On Sep 28, 2004, at 4:18 PM, Carl Schofield wrote:

> Thanks James.  Sounds like the Fotonics with Darkroom Gloss could be an
>  ideal solution for color and B&W if you can minimize the metamerism.
>

For color it's a clear winner, and I'm hoping with some further 
experimentation and tweaking that it'll rival IP for b&w from a color 
set, only with a better paper.

James

[Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by Peter Nelson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Martin Sluka 
<martin.sluka@p...> wrote:> Grey is important, but not if 1.5 pl 
drop. Metamerism is solved with 
> R800, check it.

Could you elaborate on this?   How does the R800 solve metamerism?  
Does it use dye or pigment -based inks?

Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by Peter Nelson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Gladwell" 
<jaygladwell@h...> wrote:
> Actually, I've come to prefer b&w on matt over glossy.

Jay, I hope the last few days have answered your earlier question 
about the choice of a BW printing method.  

Just in that short time we've had someone here report that Lyson 
exhibits metamerism, Fotonic (by Lyson) has metamerism, and 
Piezography or Cone or United Airlines or somebody is in Chapter 11.  
Or not.  Meanwhile people here are getting all excited about a new 
printer that may, or may not, have a gray or light black ink, and 
may, or may not, need one because it has such a small droplet size 
that it may, or may not, exhibit metamerism.  If you're still looking 
for "simple" it may, or may not, be starting to occur to you that 
you've come to the wrong place to find it.

RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by Jay Gladwell

Peter--

Thanks for your input. I don't think I've come to the wrong place--quite the 
contrary!  I've read a great deal of valuable information here, along with 
some that wasn't so valuable.

I've pretty much decided to go with the Piezography iQuad system.  They 
recently sent some print samples that were down right stunning!  Now, I'm 
trying to decide on a printer.  I wish they had everything up and running 
for the Epson 2200.

As far as the Epson A3 is concerned, I haven't been able to find anything 
about it online.

Jay
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>From: "Peter Nelson" <pnweb@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:17:59 -0000
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Gladwell"
><jaygladwell@h...> wrote:
> > Actually, I've come to prefer b&w on matt over glossy.
>
>Jay, I hope the last few days have answered your earlier question
>about the choice of a BW printing method.
>
>Just in that short time we've had someone here report that Lyson
>exhibits metamerism, Fotonic (by Lyson) has metamerism, and
>Piezography or Cone or United Airlines or somebody is in Chapter 11.
>Or not.  Meanwhile people here are getting all excited about a new
>printer that may, or may not, have a gray or light black ink, and
>may, or may not, need one because it has such a small droplet size
>that it may, or may not, exhibit metamerism.  If you're still looking
>for "simple" it may, or may not, be starting to occur to you that
>you've come to the wrong place to find it.
>
>
>

Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by bhhc

Peter Nelson wrote;

>Jay, I hope the last few days have answered your earlier question 
>about the choice of a BW printing method.  

>Just in that short time we've had someone here report that Lyson 
>exhibits metamerism, Fotonic (by Lyson) has metamerism, and 
>Piezography or Cone or United Airlines or somebody is in Chapter 11.  
>Or not.  Meanwhile people here are getting all excited about a new 
>printer that may, or may not, have a gray or light black ink, and 
>may, or may not, need one because it has such a small droplet size 
>that it may, or may not, exhibit metamerism.  If you're still looking 
>for "simple" it may, or may not, be starting to occur to you that 
>you've come to the wrong place to find it.

Thank you Peter . . . this had me laughing out loud. What with the snips at "what is silver doing here?", to disgust at my contempt for "fall on your knees and praise digital" . . . this was a relaxing gut-buster.

I have more free time now, so I am getting back into doing my own printing. Even in today's hi-speed? digi-world, you either shoot, or you are a darkroom tech . . . you can't really do both, at least not shoot commercially, which I am doing a lot less of now. SO . . . I picked up two small Epsons the other day to try out various techniques in printing, BO and FI inksets from MIS for a start. The reasoning being with the smaller printers is that if I screw things up OR don't like what I see, it is not a major expense. It is funny, in silver printing when you wanted to change colour or tone, it was a few dollars for different toner, paper, and/or developer . . . not the potentially hundreds that it costs with inkjet . . . not to mention some possibly scrapped hardware . . . I always thought progress was just that, progress . . . guess I was wrong ;- ))

At any rate, the reason for the great stress relieving laugh was exactly as you say. All I have read in the last few hundred posts has been "are they? or are they not really bankrupt? . . . only their hairdresser knows for sure", "this is clogged, that is clogged, now they are both clogged . . . now the entire thing is dead!", to "this curve, that curve, neither works, so lets curve this way, that way . . . dancing til dawn with those voluptuous curves" . . . to Andre crying out in the night,"please don't let silver die!"

I have learned a lot, and will keep on learning from all of you . . . but I thought I was going to give up being a mechanic years ago when I could finally afford to buy a real car . . . guess I was wrong . . . again.

enjoy your day!
Paul Aparycki





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Re: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by bhhc

Wait a week until Photokina is over, the journalists sober up, come back home, and file their stories.

Paul Aparycki

  As far as the Epson A3 is concerned, I haven't been able to find anything 
  about it online.

  Jay


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[Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by John Vitollo

>   As far as the Epson A3 is concerned, I haven't been able to find anything 
>   about it online.
>   Jay

If you can get past the Mamiya ZD camera check out the 3rd or so item down the page 
about the new Epson printer:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer

2004-09-29 by Jay Gladwell

John--

Thanks for pointing that out.  Rather than waiting another six months, I'll 
go with the 1280.

Jay
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>From: "John Vitollo" <jvlist@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:43:27 -0000
>
> >   As far as the Epson A3 is concerned, I haven't been able to find 
>anything
> >   about it online.
> >   Jay
>
>If you can get past the Mamiya ZD camera check out the 3rd or so item down 
>the page
>about the new Epson printer:
>
>http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml
>
>

Epson PX-G5000 (was RE: [Digital BW] Re: New A3 Epson printer)

2004-10-08 by Sam McCandless

Here

<http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/printers/px-g5000.shtml>

is a little more information in English about the Japan version of 
this printer. I changed the subject line in case other versions of it 
are released elsewhere.
--
Sam
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>At 14:20 -0300 28.9.2004, Nelson Ricciardi wrote:
>*******************************************
>
>>Andre
>>
>>The light black is very important if you wnat to get a good back and white
>>with no metamerism.
>
>It looks as it uses the same head as R800, the same inkset as R800
>and the roll as 4000. CMYK(Photo and Black)RB + glossy enhancer.
>
>Grey is important, but not if 1.5 pl drop. Metamerism is solved with
>R800, check it.
>
>Martin
>--

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