Digital BW, The Print

All

Help please

I am having problems when trying to make digital negatives on an Epson 
2200 printer.  I am using the Pictorico 2200 film.  The little rollers 
and pizza wheels on the Epson 2200 printer rub the ink right off the 
negative.  What printer and paper settings should I be using? Is there 
a way to specify the ink density?

Is there away to remove the printer rollers?

Bruce

Sounds like your ink isn't drying quickly enough. I didn't have any trouble with 
that film and the 2200, even with matte black, but I have heard of others who 
have. You may try  a Photo black if you are using Matte black. Secondly, 
experiment with your media settings in the Epson driver. LIke, try the glossy 
film setting or premium glossy setting to try to lay down less ink. Finally one of 
my students had this exact same problem and I told him to back off on the 
density of his file in Photoshop by making the deepest backs less dense in a 
curves adj layer. In other words, if your deepest backs are set on say 5, try 
placing that value on 10 or 15. That reduction of shadow density in the file did 
the job for him, He was using the 2200 with PK and printing out of rgb color 
space. With greyscale output I would assume a similar backing off the blacks 
could also help.

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brucercohio" <
bruce.campbell@w...> wrote:

> All
> 
> Help please
> 
> I am having problems when trying to make digital negatives on an Epson 
> 2200 printer.  I am using the Pictorico 2200 film.  The little rollers 
> and pizza wheels on the Epson 2200 printer rub the ink right off the 
> negative.  What printer and paper settings should I be using? Is there 
> a way to specify the ink density?
> 
> Is there away to remove the printer rollers?
> 
> Bruce

John

Thanks for the recommendations.  I may have solved the problem.  I 
was trying to print out 4x5 size pieces of Pictorico versus 8 X 10 
sizes,  The inks were not drying fast enough and thus the rollers 
were rubbing the ink off.  

Bruce

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> Sounds like your ink isn't drying quickly enough. I didn't have 
any trouble with 
> that film and the 2200, even with matte black, but I have heard of 
others who 
> have. You may try  a Photo black if you are using Matte black. 
Secondly, 
> experiment with your media settings in the Epson driver. LIke, try 
the glossy 
> film setting or premium glossy setting to try to lay down less 
ink. Finally one of 
> my students had this exact same problem and I told him to back off 
on the 
> density of his file in Photoshop by making the deepest backs less 
dense in a 
> curves adj layer. In other words, if your deepest backs are set on 
say 5, try 
> placing that value on 10 or 15. That reduction of shadow density 
in the file did 
> the job for him, He was using the 2200 with PK and printing out of 
rgb color 
> space. With greyscale output I would assume a similar backing off 
the blacks 
> could also help.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brucercohio" 
<
> bruce.campbell@w...> wrote:
> > All
> > 
> > Help please
> > 
> > I am having problems when trying to make digital negatives on an 
Epson 
> > 2200 printer.  I am using the Pictorico 2200 film.  The little 
rollers 
> > and pizza wheels on the Epson 2200 printer rub the ink right off 
the 
> > negative.  What printer and paper settings should I be using? Is 
there 

> > a way to specify the ink density?
> > 
> > Is there away to remove the printer rollers?
> > 
> > Bruce

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brucercohio" 
<bruce.campbell@w...> wrote:
> All
> 
> Help please
> 
> I am having problems when trying to make digital negatives on an 
Epson 
> 2200 printer.  I am using the Pictorico 2200 film.  The little 
rollers 
> and pizza wheels on the Epson 2200 printer rub the ink right off the 
> negative.  What printer and paper settings should I be using? Is 
there 
> a way to specify the ink density?
> 
> Is there away to remove the printer rollers?
> 
> Bruce

Bruce,

The individual 2200 printer rollers are held in place with a short 
coiled spring that keeps the wheel in contact with the paper as it 
exits the printer.  If you lift the cover and look down into the 
printer, you will see the top of the wheels and to the left and right 
side of each wheel the ends of the coil spring.  Use a small nail or 
any pointed object, compress one end of the spring until you get it to 
comes out.  Don't remove it, just let it lay there in the event in the 
future you want return the printer to its original condition.  The 
wheel should now come off the paper or film.  Release as many springs 
as you need for the width of the paper/film you are printing on.

Hope this helps,

John