Re: Epson 3800 vs 4800 - any advice?

[Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>]

Title: Re: Epson 3800 vs 4800 - any advice?

Hi Mark,

Let me know what you find. I had intended to buy a 3800 but backed off when my initil testing indicated there were not a lot of options for high UV blocking density. The Green works great, with a maximum of about 2.40, which is higher than the 2200, but in my tests there was a lot of grain with this color. The smoothest color was a combintion of Green + Red, but it only produced a maximum  UV blocking density of about 1.7. Course, that is plenty for palladium.

Printing a RGB negative file in color to get a black negative gives a UV blocking density of well over log 2.0.

Sandy

At 6:26 PM -0500 2/27/07, Ender100@aol.com wrote:

> Sandy,
>
> Hopefully this week I will get a chance to play with the 3800 more and
> find out more about the gritiness issue.  From looking at the
> first calibration prints I did with it, it looks like there are some
> good possibilities of colors that will solve this issue.
>
> Mark
> In a message dated 2/27/07 5:05:56 PM, sanking@clemson.edu writes:
> > In testing the 3800 with Don Hutton we
> > were getting very smooth tones with the black inks, and with a R+G
> > combination.
> Best Wishes,
> Mark Nelson
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