Re: Inkjet Transparencies Scratching

I'm using the C-84 and after splitting channels to RGB negs, I print them as
is (they're BW printed with colored inks). They have plenty of density for
gum (thanks, Don Bryant, for the cheap C84 connection!). I could not get
the driver to print them in just BW ink unless I was in (I think I remember
correctly) matte paper setting. I was comparing to the 2200, so I just used
my 2200 curve, and it worked great--a bit more contrasty with the C84, which
is fine. But this is gum, not platinum :) (oh, also it is cyanotype, too.)
Chris

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> The Dura-Brite pigmented inks of the Epson C-84 have a lot of actinic
> filtration (quite a bit more than the 2200) so one could in theory
> make good negatives for alternative processes using either colorized
> negatives or negatives made with just the black inks. I would
> recommend trying the black pigmented inks first because they will
> give you a visual reference to density and contrast.
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> I can not comment further on making colorized negatives with this
> printer because I am currently beta testing the material in Mark
> Nelson's soon (hopefully) to be released tome on making Precision
> Digital Negatives.
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> To this point I would comment that the results I have seen from
> Mark's method using the Epson 2200, in both alternative and silver
> printing, are nothing short of amazing. The C-84 also gives good
> results, but my results so far have resulted in a slightly grainer
> image than with the 2200.
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> My advice is get your order in early to Mark. This could become the
> new bible for making digital negatives, whether for silver printing
> or alternative work.
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> Sandy King
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> >on 7/9/04 10:01 PM, Sandy King at sanking@clemson.edu wrote:
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> >> Hi Jon,
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> >> I have not had any problem with scratching or abrasion in making
> >> inkjet negatives on Pictorio with the Epson 2000P, 2200 and C-84. I
> >> simply handle the negatives with reasonable care and have never had a
> >> problem.
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> >> Since the Epson 7600 is supposed to use the same inks as the 2200 I
> >> am wondering if perhaps the AccuArt2 material is not Pictorico?
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> >> Sandy King
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> >To Sandy, a different question. When you make negatives on the Epson
C-84,
> >what method are you using--colorized, black ink only, or other? Grace
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Received on Sat Jul 10 14:03:17 2004