Ender100@aol.com
Date: 03/08/02-09:54:03 AM Z
Katherine,
You might be able to reduce the ink pooling by fooling the printer and using
a setting that would lay down less ink.... you would do this by choosing a
different media in the printer set up window...
Just a thought
I wonder if there is a difference between dye based inks and pigment based
inks when making spectral negatives? Anyone tested whether one is a better
UV blocker than the other?
Mark Nelson
In a message dated 3/8/02 9:18:40 AM, kthayer@pacifier.com writes:
<< But with the better printer, I'm not sure why you wouldn't just print
your negative in black. The spectral density methods in my opinion are
best viewed as a workaround for the fact that the older printers don't
print well in black on transparency material. The bigger droplets
deposit too much ink when printing black (in colors) which then moves
around on the Pictorico before it dries, leaving blank areas in the
middle of and extra density around the edges of tonal areas and wrecking
the negative. And when printing in black ink only, the negative will be
grainy and may have visible banding. But with the smaller droplets, my
understanding is that you shouldn't have either of those problems. At
least that's what the Pictorico folks tell me.... >>
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