From: Perry (perry@vivalarevolution.com)
Date: 10/16/03-11:41:08 AM Z
Well with the research that I've done I'd say that the 1280 is a better
printer for printing digital negs because their ink has greater density.
> From: Trevor Thomsen <secdev@mweb.co.zw>
> Organization: Security Devices - Harare - Zimbabwe
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:49:50 +0200
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Digital cyanotype negs
>
>
> 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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