I'll try some with all colors on. You may have a point here.
--Dick
At 12:00 PM 12/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:36 AM 1997/12/19 -0700, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>
>>Well this isn't my area of expertise but logic says if you are turning off
>>the color and just using the black cartridge, the 800 would work better
>>because it is 1440 x 720 Using a 6 color printer doesn't buy you anything
>>in the case of making black negatives.
>
>Not necessarily. In my experience, using "double black" (i.e., using all
>colors to make black plus the black) gives deeper negs than black alone,
>which tends to be thin on transparencies (and often on reflective
>materials, as well).
>
>Note to Dick: in a previous post you noted that the ALPS negs I had made
>had more artifacts than Epson negs. Two points (1) the prints you made from
>the neg didn't show the artifacts (roughness of paper, I guess), and (2)
>those negs were made with an older ALPS (no longer on the market) the
>MD2000. The ALPS MD-2300 is better, and uses permanent pigments (well, more
>permanent than inks). As to more colors meaning better quality, true CMYK
>should be able to do the job; the "more colors" bit is an end-run in an
>attempt to do a job for which 40-bit color is needed! Note that chemically
>produced color materials are only CMY, relying on multiple layers of
>tweaked colors to approximate the colors desired. The day is coming when
>the "public" will accept the softness provided by computer printing, along
>with considering microscopic artifacts as a fact of life, or even macro
>artifacts as a new art form! The reaction to the final result is what
>counts, not how long the originator required to produce it or the
>techniques used. Knowledge of techniques is important, of course, as the
>art can't be consummated until the techniques are mastered. But the
>perception of the viewer is the important factor!
>
>Sil Horwitz, FPSA
>Technical Editor, PSA Journal
>silh@iag.net
>Visit http://www.psa-photo.org/
>
Bostick & Sullivan
PO Box 16639, Santa Fe
NM 87506
505-474-0890 FAX 505-474-2857
<http://www.bostick-sullivan.com>http://www.bostick-sullivan.com