Re: Printer for inkjet negs

I only have the C40 and it does a tolerable job for gum - I never ever print
in black though, always use colour inks a la Dan B. Absolutely useless for
silver (or platinum I would suppose) but o.k. for cyanotype/VDB/gum when
printing negs on the three-colour, 1440dpi settings. I have to alter the
Magent/Green tones to less magenta when printing on paper because I always
get a magenta cast if I don't....but.....this doesn't seem to matter with
negs. I guess this is the u.v. blocking power of magenta/yellow combinations
coming into play!

Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Bryant" <dstevenbryant@mindspring.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: RE: Printer for inkjet negs

For a really cheap printer solution try the Epson C80 or C82 printer. I
purchased a refurbed C80 for $60. I've had moderate success with the
C80. When I get my darkroom back in action I'll finish trimming in my
testing with the C80. There are some caveats about how the printer
deposits black ink depending on your media choice. Unfortunately I lost
all of my notes after a system crash recently, otherwise I would be more
specific.

Don Bryant

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Finley [mailto:ekng532@f2s.com]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:14 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Printer for inkjet negs

Did a quick check with fluorescents ('home solarium') and some old,
fogged, POP paper, and the patterns are still in the print. Next time
I'm in town I'll get some NOT papers and try, but I'm not hopeful.
Maybe all 1160s weren't created equal!

Leaves me unsure whether its worth trying a C84 (reasonably cheap) or
trying to find a cheap 950 (which I think is the 960 in US).

mike

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:42:12 +0200, you wrote:

>Sorry Mike, I misinterpreted your message (I thought you didn't bother
>to print when you saw the patterns in the negative). Anyway, I print to
>300 and 185 gsm Canson, Clairefontaine and Etival watercolor papers -
>all NOT / cold pressed papers except for one which is a canvas textured
>paper (will try the "grain satiné" - hot pressed - versions as soon as
>my supplier starts to stock them). Prints made with sunlight are much
>much sharper than prints made under fluorescent tubes - I guess if I
>were printing to smooth-hot pressed paper with sunlight, I would see
the
>dithering pattern too.
>
>Regards,
>Loris.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Finley [mailto:ekng532@f2s.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:14 AM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Re: Printer for inkjet negs
>>
>>
>> Yes, I did print it, but I was using sunlight so that may be
>> the difference. What sort of paper were you using - the paper
>> may be making a difference too, as the paper I used is very
>> smooth with no surface texture. I'll try to set up some
>> fluorescents and try again - I've still got some vandyke mix left.
>>
>> thanks,
>> mike
Received on Mon Dec 29 14:52:34 2003