[alt-photo] Re: Epson 3880 and Snow Leopard

[Gordon Holtslander]

Chris:

Have you tried the Gutenprint drivers?
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

I have no idea if they will work for you - but it is an alternative.  See if there are any suitable drivers:

http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php

Gord

----- Original Message -----
From: Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net>
Date: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:33 am
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Epson 3880 and Snow Leopard
To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>

> Eric,
> I use the PDN system and no profiles. I've used PDN now since 
> 2005 with nary a problem in salt, BW, argyrotype, cyanotype, 
> pt/pd, gum and VDB. Even on the R1800 with an inkset that is not 
> great, I get predictable colors printed out although not dense 
> enough to dispense with black ink.
> 
> I don't know what Version 2 or 4 is, but I am on CS4, Snow 
> Leopard, and a 3880 printer (NOT a 3800--now I wish I had bought 
> that printer instead...).
> 
> As far as I can tell, the 3800 is fine, it is the 3880 that I am 
> fearing the worst--that it is like the R1800 with not dense 
> enough inks.  However, when you see the colors I posted, I 
> am hard pressed to think that if I command my printer to print 
> emerald and it prints sage green that it is the printer ink set 
> and not the driver. So I am going to continue to hope.
> 
> My negs are pale easter egg colors and printing Mark's CDRP they 
> do not hold back light even for gum!  That means, no 
> platinum for this woman.
> 
> I do have the ability in the driver to lay down more ink.
> 
> I've posted a comparison between the two PDN CDRPS here as well 
> as a one printed in gum:
> http://christinaanderson.visualserver.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=2076
> to give a visual with what I am talking about.
> 
> I will continue to work with this with the suggestions by Kees 
> and Marek, although I have a grantwriting workshop to attend all 
> week (wohoo) so my testing will be limited.
> Chris
> 
> 
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
> 
> On Apr 11, 2010, at 12:13 PM, EJ Photo wrote:
> 
> > Chris, If you are making profiles, what are you using to make 
> them? Are they
> > Version 2 or Version 4 profiles? Version 2 apparently work with
> > Epson/Apple/Adobe but Version 4 may not. 
> > 
> > Chris, I may have missed some of your post here on this. Your 
> negs are
> > light, Are your Epson prints dark? 
> > 
> > 
> > Eric Neilsen
> > Eric Neilsen Photography
> > 4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
> > Dallas, TX 75226
> > 
> 
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