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Shooting for the stars

Shooting for the stars

2005-01-01 by lschwarz672000

A very Happy New Year to all,

I have been trying with great fervor to obtain a level of B&W inkjet 
printing that has been eluding me for quite some time now.  I've 
been using the Fred Miranda BW Workflow Pro for my Color to B&W 
conversion in Photoshop CS, and I have an Epson R800.  I prefer 
Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and also use the Epson Enhanced Matte, 
and Premium Glossy papers.  An example of the kind of perfection 
that I'm looking for is at http://www.alennox.net.  This is the 
artist Annie Lennox's website.  She's also a photographer, and there 
is a killer B&W photograph of her in the Gallery on this website.  I 
do have a sneaking suspicion, that this level of B&W is a medium 
format film thing, and only in my dreams will I achieve this level 
of giclée type printing.

If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations on how to achieve this 
with Photoshop CS and my R800, I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks,

Laurence M. Schwarz

RE: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars

2005-01-02 by Paul Roark

Laurence,

You might consider keeping the R800 for color and spending the $70 it takes
to get an Epson C86.  See http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm
for a full description of the system.

Outstanding 8x10 B&W does not take a medium format camera.  Good 35 or
probably even the good digitals can to it now.

I don't use the term giclée.  Not only does it have a slang meaning that is
not appropriate, but the old giclée prints were dye prints that faded
quickly and gave the class a bad reputation.  The carbon pigment prints
we're now doing are closer to silver longevity than to the giclée longevity.

Happy New Year.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 
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From: lschwarz672000 [mailto:laurenceschwarz@...] 
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:20 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars




A very Happy New Year to all,

I have been trying with great fervor to obtain a level of B&W inkjet 
printing that has been eluding me for quite some time now.  I've 
been using the Fred Miranda BW Workflow Pro for my Color to B&W 
conversion in Photoshop CS, and I have an Epson R800.  I prefer 
Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and also use the Epson Enhanced Matte, 
and Premium Glossy papers.  An example of the kind of perfection 
that I'm looking for is at http://www.alennox.net.  This is the 
artist Annie Lennox's website.  She's also a photographer, and there 
is a killer B&W photograph of her in the Gallery on this website.  I 
do have a sneaking suspicion, that this level of B&W is a medium 
format film thing, and only in my dreams will I achieve this level 
of giclée type printing.

If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations on how to achieve this 
with Photoshop CS and my R800, I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks,

Laurence M. Schwarz








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Re: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars

2005-01-02 by Laurence Schwarz

Thanks Paul!  I will keep that in mind.  Being a Database Administrator, I tend to be a bit retentive about proper use of nomenclature as well.  I should have known better 

I was with a friend today who's also very into Photography, and explained my dilemma to him as well.  He also concurred that it really has nothing to do with Medium format film camera's or film camera's at all for that matter.  We went over the Zone System, and I think it's merely a matter of capturing the tonality that I'm looking for in the photograph itself.  The printer is not the issue here at all either as I had mentioned in my Addendum.  The printer outputs exactly what it sees, but I absolutely do see the value in spending the $70 and getting a C86, and getting UltraTone inks for it.  I've been to your site.  Your prints are what I'm looking for.  I guess I had the answer all along, I just wasn't looking in the right place for it.  

Thanks again,

Laurence
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  From: Paul Roark<mailto:paul.roark@...> 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> 
  Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 5:32 PM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars




  Laurence,

  You might consider keeping the R800 for color and spending the $70 it takes
  to get an Epson C86.  See http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm<http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm>
  for a full description of the system.

  Outstanding 8x10 B&W does not take a medium format camera.  Good 35 or
  probably even the good digitals can to it now.

  I don't use the term giclée.  Not only does it have a slang meaning that is
  not appropriate, but the old giclée prints were dye prints that faded
  quickly and gave the class a bad reputation.  The carbon pigment prints
  we're now doing are closer to silver longevity than to the giclée longevity.

  Happy New Year.

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com<http://www.paulroark.com/> 


  -----Original Message-----
  From: lschwarz672000 [mailto:laurenceschwarz@...] 
  Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:20 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
  Subject: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars




  A very Happy New Year to all,

  I have been trying with great fervor to obtain a level of B&W inkjet 
  printing that has been eluding me for quite some time now.  I've 
  been using the Fred Miranda BW Workflow Pro for my Color to B&W 
  conversion in Photoshop CS, and I have an Epson R800.  I prefer 
  Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and also use the Epson Enhanced Matte, 
  and Premium Glossy papers.  An example of the kind of perfection 
  that I'm looking for is at http://www.alennox.net<http://www.alennox.net/>.  This is the 
  artist Annie Lennox's website.  She's also a photographer, and there 
  is a killer B&W photograph of her in the Gallery on this website.  I 
  do have a sneaking suspicion, that this level of B&W is a medium 
  format film thing, and only in my dreams will I achieve this level 
  of giclée type printing.

  If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations on how to achieve this 
  with Photoshop CS and my R800, I would be eternally grateful.

  Thanks,

  Laurence M. Schwarz








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RE: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars

2005-01-02 by Daniel Ridings

From experience, I can support the recommendation of R800 for color and
Epson C86 for b/w.

Laurence, lately I've been printing Ilford Gallerie Smooth Pearl on the
C86 with MIS UT EZW (Eboni Black and warm inks). It's excellent, but if
you favour a more neutral print, definitely go with UT EZN (neutral inks).
I can't compare Eboni Black with Photo Black on this paper, but I have no
complaints at all using the Eboni Black, so my curiosity about the
difference has died out. It's beautiful.

Daniel Ridings
http://www.dlridings.com/paw2004
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Paul Roark wrote:

>
>
> Laurence,
>
> You might consider keeping the R800 for color and spending the $70 it takes
> to get an Epson C86.  See http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm
> for a full description of the system.
>
> Outstanding 8x10 B&W does not take a medium format camera.  Good 35 or
> probably even the good digitals can to it now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lschwarz672000 [mailto:laurenceschwarz@...]
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:20 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Shooting for the stars
>
>
>
>
> A very Happy New Year to all,
>
> I have been trying with great fervor to obtain a level of B&W inkjet
> printing that has been eluding me for quite some time now.  I've
> been using the Fred Miranda BW Workflow Pro for my Color to B&W
> conversion in Photoshop CS, and I have an Epson R800.  I prefer
> Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and also use the Epson Enhanced Matte,
> and Premium Glossy papers.  An example of the kind of perfection
> that I'm looking for is at http://www.alennox.net.  This is the
> artist Annie Lennox's website.  She's also a photographer, and there
> is a killer B&W photograph of her in the Gallery on this website.  I
> do have a sneaking suspicion, that this level of B&W is a medium
> format film thing, and only in my dreams will I achieve this level
> of giclée type printing.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations on how to achieve this
> with Photoshop CS and my R800, I would be eternally grateful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurence M. Schwarz

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