Hi everyone. I've just bought me a Epson 3800 that I want to use mostly for B&W printing (so I guess I will use the ABW driver). But prior to printing I did a...
Not Mounted is a "standard" that is being imposed on the artist by galleries because the archivists have been telling them for years that it is a bad idea....
I've found that the original C-6 formula has a problem with the gray substitution in the 2400, and presumeably other K3 printers. To avoid posterization with...
Eric's site for 3800 info is top notch. You may also want to try QTR in addition to ABW... 1 Yes, 2 Yes, 3 Yes, but you can also use 240 ppi. PhotoZoomPro w/...
Galleries avoid mounted prints because the material upon which they've been mounted has often been a problem. Many of us have seen this problem in older Ansel...
Not to mention that many prints have signatures, studio stamps, etc on the back of them. I was told by somebody at Sotheby's that what is on the back is...
... QTR ... some ... 2 ... print ... Ah.. that is actually a nice simple trick. I'm currently focus on getting my new 3800 back from repair and get it up and...
It seems there are a number of ways to get a BW image from color. I'm aware of most of them, and am not asking HOW to do it. In Photoshop you can create a true...
... Right, or you can use various other methods to create either a neutral or a tinted/crosstinted image in Photoshop which still has RGB channels. Depends on ...
... ink ... Flo, ... wetting ... used ... My ... you ... clog. ... I have been using an Eboni 6 inkset in my 1280 for about four months now and have not had a...
Hello Alan, ... I have experimented numerous times over the years comparing BW prints from RGB vs Grayscale files, using both color ink processes and dedicated...
Hi all - I've only posted a few times here and I am still relatively new to the "art of digital printing". I have an Epson 2400 which I absolutely adore! I...
Hi all, Wonder if someone can help before I pull out the rest of my remaining hair on my already balding head... I have just purchased the Spyder3 studio. I...
... Well, for the prints there is a shadow detail slider that you can use to open up the shadows, just reselect your target file, and rebuild with a slider ...
You should e-mail C. David Tobie directly, he can troubleshoot for you. CDTobie@... Mark http://www.stillrivereditions.com ... [Non-text portions of this...
Hi Rick: First, I would try a different rendering intent. Perceptual or Rel. Colorimetric (or even Saturation, which ColorVision suggests). If that doesn't...
Hi handyman856, If you print an image using QTR (regardless of the program it is printed from), the image is always converted to 8-bit grayscale. If it was...
Thanks for the reply. In answer to your questions: OS: Windows XP Display: Dell LCD 1703FP Calibration settings: 2.2 - 6500k Does this help ? Thanks in...
Hi Rick: I would crop a small section and print using Perceptual w/ Black Point Comp on. Then I would print the same area with Rel Col and Saturation intents....
I see that Epson has a deal on a refurbished V700. I am wondering whether it is appreciably better than my Epson 4870 for scanning black and white 6X7 and 35mm...
... BPC off would be correct for the deepest possible blacks with Datacolor profiles. If you then find that these deep blacks are causing loss of visible ...
... XP shouldn't be a problem as long as you are only calibrating one display... ... This is a low costs display (under $200). I'm not trying to be a snob...
I have a show of B&W photos up in the Bay Area. There's a reception tonight at Gallery 9 in Los Altos See: http://www.gallery9losaltos.com All are welcome to...
Hello everyone. I just bought me a 3800 and printed some step wedges on Photo Rag with ABW. Then I measured them with a densitometer. But the results were not...
Your problem is your paper setting. Did you check which paper setting is recommended for Photo Rag by Hahnemühle? I would use the same paper setting for ABW...
I am using some of the MIS K3 equivalent inks...and I was testing the printing characteristics of the back of the Ilford Gold Fibre. I want to print text on...
I have a st of Eboni-6 carts available for my Epson 1400 and would like to print with this inkset using QTR. I was able to set up 3MK on an R1800 via QTR, but...