Re: Printer for Digital Negatives (was: 1280 going berserkers)

Clay -

I can appreciate your frustration. My Olympus digital camera stopped focusing
and I realized that I could just about buy a new one for the cost of getting it
fixed. OTOH, I still use my Crown Graphic without thoughts of tossing it. <g>

Thank you for your input.

Cheers -

george

--- Clay <wcharmon@wt.net> wrote:
> The regular Epson ink has been working fine. I use a colorized negative
> that essentially looks like a pyro negative. Keith Schreiber came up
> with this particular workflow, and it is located here:
>
> http://www.zianet.com/jkschreiber/articles/1280PyroDigiNegs.html
>
> Except for this latest problem, I have had very good success with this
> approach. I have measured the UV density range of these negatives at
> about 1.8, which is perfect for palladium.
>
> I am bumming about this latest problem, because I have this sneaking
> suspicion that it will be more economic to buy a new printer than to
> pay to have the old one fixed. I really hate this
> use-it-until-it-breaks-and-then-toss-it electronic consumer culture
> that has blossomed over the last 15 years. When was the last time it
> made sense to have a 19 inch television fixed?
>
> Clay
> On Apr 8, 2005, at 8:28 AM, George L Smyth wrote:
>
> > I have not had the success others have seen with digital negatives, as
> > I have
> > not been able to get the Dmax necessary to result in good prints. I
> > am using
> > Pictorico film with an old Epson printer and am thinking that perhaps
> > the
> > problem is with the printer and ink I am using.
> >
> > As I am beginning to have my own problems with my printer, it is time
> > to look
> > at a replacement.
> >
> > I am assuming that the Epson 1280 works well for digital negatives.
> > Are you
> > using a special ink or does "regular" ink work?
> >
> > Cheers -
> >
> > george
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Clay <wcharmon@wt.net> wrote:
> >> In the last few weeks, my heretofore dependable epson 1280 is creating
> >> striping on my diginegs. The striping shows up as areas of uneven
> >> density that are more visible to the combination of platinum chemistry
> >> and UV light than to the naked eye. The stripes have a frequency of
> >> about 2-3mm, and show up in same direction that the print head travels
> >> (i.e. perpendicular to the direction the paper travels through the
> >> printer) FWIW, I am using Keith Schreiber's digineg workflow and
> >> pictorico film.
> >>
> >> My question is this: Has anyone experienced or heard of printers
> >> developing this problem as they age?
> >>
> >> My printer is now about 3 years old. And before you ask - yes, I ran
> >> multiple cleaning cycles - yes, I changed the ink cartridge, and yes,
> >> i
> >> ran the alignment utility.
> >>
> >> Chuck it? Repair it? Make negs the old fashioned way?
> >>
> >> Thoughts welcomed.
> >>
> >> Clay
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >
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Received on Fri Apr 8 08:48:44 2005