Re: Digital Negatives *once again*

Cyn Photo (CynPhoto@aol.com)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 11:36:33 -0500 (EST)

Hello everyone,
I've been listening in the past week or so and have found some things of great
interest. I've just recently started to get involved with digital photography
and so don't know alot about it when it comes to the technical end. Chris
Gibbs just asked,

<Finally, has anyone been brave enough to feed watercolor paper through
their Epson printer, if so can you get that Iris Printer feel?>

I have a Epson Stylus Color 500 and just recently have started to feed
watercolor and handmade paper through it. The watercolor paper works well.
Use the heavy paper setting. The handmade paper does too, though it is more
textured and I'm not sure if it is going to gum up the printer with fibers
eventually. Having never seen an Iris print in person, I can't really
compare the quality. Also, note that I'm using the 500 not the 800.

To those of you interested in the Iris print, the November 1997 issue of ART
BUSINESS NEWS has an extensive article on the Giclee or Iris print and it's
longevity on different papers. Also, Wilhelm Imaging Research Inc., 713 State
St., Grinnell, Iowa 50112 - (515)236-4284 - Email: hwilhelm@aol.com has been
conducting research on the longevity of various art media on different papers
including the Iris print inks as well as some photographic papers. They
recently published some of their results in the December 1997 issue of ART
BUSINESS NEWS.

I'm interested in this talk about making digital negatives on an Epson
printer. I've been going the route of using a service bureau to make 35mm and
4x5 color negatives from my files. Can I do this myself with the Epson 500?
Is this just for B&W? Can anyone refer me to information or give me more
specifics? You've probably gone over all of this before but I'd appreciate it
again.

Thanks in advance,
Cynthia Davis