Re: Printer for inkjet negs

The negatives from the 890 (I tried both color table and colorize method as described in Burkholder's book) were very low in density. I couldn't manage to make a contrasty print with them - even when printing cyanotype; a much contrasty emulsion compared to Van Dyke. All prints from the 890 negatives were low contrast, poor separation.

BTW, another issue: if you apply the contrast adjustment curve in 16bit mode the quality of the output increases considerably - I confirm other's experiments. I get smooth prints with absolutely no posterization:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1999496&size=md
This is a print from a negative made that way (use the "Large" link if you want to see it bigger)

Regards,
Loris.
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  From: Ender100@aol.com
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  Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:13 PM
  Subject: Re: Printer for inkjet negs

  Loris,

  How did the two differ in smoothness and density?

  Mark Nelson
  In a message dated 12/28/03 2:55:40 PM, loris_medici@yahoo.com writes:

    For what is worth, my experience is the opposite. I have an Epson 890 with dye inks and an Epson 1160 with quad black carbon pigment inks (Conetech Piezotones). I had the best results (for cyanotype and van dyke) from negatives made with the 1160.
Received on Sun Dec 28 15:32:36 2003