From: Trevor Thomsen (secdev@mweb.co.zw)
Date: 10/16/03-02:49:50 AM Z
Hi,
Thank you to everyone for sharing all this information on A-P-P.
Is the Epson 2200 the best printer to buy for producing digital negs? I
have my doubts after reading all the messages recently.
Please advise.
Trevor Thomsen.
Zimbabwe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Perry" <perry@vivalarevolution.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Digital cyanotype negs
> The 1280 uses different inks and they have more density, but It is
possible
> that using different colors would work. I'm going to give it a try.
>
> > From: shannon stoney <sstoney@pdq.net>
> > Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:05:15 -0500
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: Digital cyanotype negs
> >
> >> I just recently started making digital negs for my cyanotypes on the
2200
> >> and I haven't been able to build up enough density in the blacks to get
a
> >> good white in my prints. Anyone have any suggestions for me as to what
I
> >> could do to try and get denser blacks for better whites in my prints?
> >
> >
> > Don't know if Rocky is still on this list, but we saw some cyanotypes
> > he had made from digital negs and they looked great. His digital
> > negs were printed in orange rather than black on the 1280 I think.
> > Maybe if you tried orange? I think Dan calls these "spectral density"
> > negatives.
> >
> > --shannon
> >
>
>
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