Re: laser printer for diginegs
Thanks Katharine. I Have the book and some software somewhere to dither and output the negs although I don't think they would be good enough for iron based stuff. Would it? Do you think?
Regards
David
On Aug 28 2009, Katharine Thayer wrote:
David, I used laser printers for digital negatives for years, until
Epson finally brought out a photo-quality inkjet printer. The first
laser printer I used was 300 dpi and then I moved up to 600 dpi.
The thing that gave me smooth gum prints from laser printer negatives
was printing the negatives as bitmaps with stochastic dithering,
adapting Dan Burkholder's instructions for preparing digital
negatives for the imagesetter.
Katharine
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:22 AM, davidhatton@totalise.co.uk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, my epson 1290 has bitten the dust, bought the farm, snuffed
> it, shook a seven..etc and not before time I'm thinking. The amount
> of ink wasted trying to clear blocked nozzles would probably have
> put several children through university! In its defence though I
> often left it for several weeks between prints. Which is why I'm
> considering a laser printer instead of an inkjet.
>
> I was wondering if anyone uses a laser printer to make digital negs
> as I don't think these (laser printers) have the same problems with
> blocked nozzles if left idle for weeks. I'm loath to replace the
> 1290 with another expensive colour inkjet only to have it block up
> again. If so what do you print on and are there any special
> techniques needed? Thanks in advance for all your help,
>
> Regards
>
> Davidh