Digital BW, The Print

I just signed on with this group, and am very happy to know that there are
enough people interested in this subject to have a yahoo group.
I don't have any knowledge to add, but hope to learn a lot.

I would like to experiment with different papers.

Mary B

Welcome Mary.  The range of experience and knowledge here runs the whole
gamut.  It's amazing what you'll pick up if you stick around long enough.
The folks here are very giving so don't hesitate to ask questions.

What's your set up, i.e., printer, paper, ink, etc?

Tom Husband

On 4/30/07, Mary Beyer <mbeyer@...> wrote:
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> I just signed on with this group, and am very happy to know that there are
> enough people interested in this subject to have a yahoo group.
> I don't have any knowledge to add, but hope to learn a lot.
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> I would like to experiment with different papers.
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> Mary B
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Thanks for the welcome, Tom -

I have an inkjet pc printer, but after reading some of the posts,
I’m not sure if I understand about different ways to print.  It will be
interesting to learn
what I can.
After reading one of the posts, I see why I’m not getting good prints from
my B&W digital photos.

Mary B

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On 4/30/07 8:14 PM, "Tom Husband" <tom.husband@...> wrote:

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> The folks here are very giving so don't hesitate to ask questions.
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> What's your set up, i.e., printer, paper, ink, etc?
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> Tom Husband
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Hello Mary,

>I have an inkjet pc printer, but after reading some of the posts,
>I'm not sure if I understand about different ways to print.  It 
>will be interesting to learn what I can.  After reading one of the 
>posts, I see why I'm not getting good prints from my B&W digital 
>photos.

Fine BW printing can be highly technical and intimidating at first,
and a technically oriented forum like this often emphasizes that side
of things.  But there are simpler approaches.  Please have a look at
article #9 at the link below.  It outlines a simple workflow for the
Epson 2400 which is one of the easiest ways to get started with very
high quality fine prints.

This printer costs about $750 these days, but is state of the art
technology and can produce very fine BW prints "out of the box".  Any
other approach has more complexity, more fiddling with equipment, and
requires more effort and time to learn.

If you can afford a 2400 it's a highly recommended approach.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Clayton - 

Thank you very much for the reference and information.  I scanned the
article, and saved it to read later today.
This is going to help me a lot.
I have a photographer friend who is at the same level of understand as I am,
and this article will help
her also.

Mary B

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On 5/1/07 8:59 PM, "Clayton Jones" <cj@...> wrote:

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> Hello Mary,
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>> >I have an inkjet pc printer, but after reading some of the posts,
>> >I'm not sure if I understand about different ways to print.  It
>> >will be interesting to learn what I can.  After reading one of the
>> >posts, I see why I'm not getting good prints from my B&W digital
>> >photos.
> 
> Fine BW printing can be highly technical and intimidating at first,
> and a technically oriented forum like this often emphasizes that side
> of things.  But there are simpler approaches.  Please have a look at
> article #9 at the link below.  It outlines a simple workflow for the
> Epson 2400 which is one of the easiest ways to get started with very
> high quality fine prints.
> 
> This printer costs about $750 these days, but is state of the art
> technology and can produce very fine BW prints "out of the box".  Any
> other approach has more complexity, more fiddling with equipment, and
> requires more effort and time to learn.
> 
> If you can afford a 2400 it's a highly recommended approach.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> 
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