Re: Vandyke brown

About this list Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Attachment view

From: Tom Ferguson (tomf2468@pipeline.com)
Date: 09/26/03-09:03:51 AM Z


Hello Pablo, my 1200 was set up to be an in house proof printer for
commercial photo and design clients. So, I didn't "care" about archival.
It is set up and calibrated with Cone's "Darn Good Inks" which are
actually a "bargain set".

More out of habit than study I use Burkholder's colorized method (my
negs are red/orange). I "think" that using multiple inks (magenta,
yellow, and black) gives me a smoother neg than using black ink only. I
have modified all of his curves to fit my inks, and printing materials.
In my case, with my inks and materials, I get slightly straighter curves
than Dan. I suspect most/all of us use modified versions of his curves,
and that he expects us to.

Try putting the "fruit hatted lady" file (ole something) that Dan
includes in his book and the step wedge together on a file and printing
that on the 1200 in black ink and in colorized. Print them as alt
prints, then adjust your curves and repeat. Hopefully you will see a
road worth traveling! Without a reflective densitometer it takes me
about 6 prints to perfect a curve for a new material.

Using this setup (old printer, cheap inks) I can't make a digital neg
that is as "technically perfect" as my in camera 11x14 HP5 negs. But,
for many uses and images it is a wonderful system and I think I'm making
negs as good as my previous optical/wet enlarged negs.

On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 05:20 AM, Pablo Kolodny wrote:

> Tom Ferguson wrote:
>
>> Oddly I'm finishing Photoshoping and printing new digital negs
>> (Pictorico) today. 8 new negs, 5 of them for Kalli on cloth! That is
>> why
>> I'm on the web so long. With my OLDDDDDDD 1200 printer that is a
>> LONGGGGGGG inkjet printing session! But tomorrow in the darkroom
>> printing will be far more fun :-)
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I'm new to the list and even newer to any of the alt-photo techniques.
> I also have a that OLDDDDDDDD 1200 printer and started using Pictorico
> OHP
> but found to be dotty, not to speak of dithering in mid-tones too.
> I was trying out some of the Burkholder's curves available at his site
> but
> found those mentioned issues with them. I wonder what you're using with
> our
> granny printer, some other curves, some other profiles, some other inks
> sets...
> Maybe you can help me go through.
>
> thanks
>
> Pablo
>
>
--------------
Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com


About this list Date view Thread view Subject view Author view Attachment view

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : 10/01/03-03:09:00 PM Z CST