From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 08/06/03-07:26:08 AM Z
A Pyro-inkjet is a kind of spectral negative made on an inkjet that
approximates the greenish color of a a PMK or Rollo Pyro negative.
The concept appears to be that the same color that gives a lot of
actinic filtration with a a real pyro negative will also give actinic
filtration with an inkjet negative.
The use of spectral negatives is an attempt to get around the problem
of many inkjet printer, i.e, when printing with black inks it is not
possible to lay down enough ink to get the high maximum densities
required for alternative printing. Actually, green is less efficient
that colors such as brown or orange in providing actinic filtration.
I have not found spectral negatives to be necessary when printing
with the pigment inks of the Epson 2000P and from what I have heard
from other people, the same can be said of the Epson 2200.
Sandy King
>Kerik,
>
>What?s a Pyro-inkjet ? Is it an ink brand? Transparency brand? Never heard
>of it. Are there any sites on the web where I could get informations about
>it? The only Pyro I know is the developer. Thanks for any help.
>
>Ric.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kerik" <Kerik@kerik.com>
>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:52 PM
>Subject: Re: inkjet negatives
>
>
>> Hey Mateo!
>>
>> At APIS (you shoulda been there!) I saw some palladium prints that Keith
>> Schreiber made from Pyro-colored inkjet negs, as well as a couple of Sandy
>> King's Pd-toned Kallitypes made from negs output with the Epson 2000P.
>> These prints were all in the 11x14 to 12x18 range. I believe Keith's
>> originals were 8x10 and Sandy's were 5x7. The prints were beautiful.
>> Smoooooth tones and as sharp and detailed as any sane person would want.
>> I've started having some success with Pyro-inkjets on my Epson 1280
>printer
>> after fighting with some banding problems. I also just picked up an Epson
>> 2000P CHEAP, so I'll be trying Sandy's approach next. I know you can't
>tell
>> much from a JPG, but the opening image on my website (www.kerik.com) is a
>> gum-over-platinum made with a Pyro-inkjet neg from a 6 megapixel Canon 10D
>> file. The original print is really quite nice.
>>
>> Is it 'the same' as a print from an in-camera neg? No. Does that matter?
>> No.
>> Could I have gotten this shot with a 12x20 camera?
>> Not a chance.
>>
>> I have no plans to give up film, but it's nice to have more options at my
>> disposal. You're too young to be a stick-in-the-mud! (insert smiley face
>> here).
>>
>> Later,
>> Kerik
>>
>>
>> > I know this is sort of redundant, but my question goes like this.
>> >
>> > Can I make 8"x10" Platinum/Palladium prints from inkjet negatives that
>> > look the same as prints made from my 8"x10" in camera negatives on
>Arches
>> > Platine. I asked the kid at Best Buy while looking at printers and he
>> > didn't know.
>> >
>> > In the past discussions I seem to detect a lot of buts. "These inkjet
>> > negs are really great and print fantastic, but......."
>> > Still true?
>> >
>> > mateo
>>
>>
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