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

Caly, I had to ditch my epson C40 UX (no, don't laugh, it actually made
O.K. negs) because the print quality was beginning to break down. I, too
tried multiple cleanings etc etc but eventually had to face the reality
- new printer or increasingly bad prints.
I agree that the "ditch it, don't fix it" cultural model is bankrupt in
the extreme 9especially on environmental grounds), but then again, don't
the majority of first world peoples enjoy a better standard of living
generally through better wages and conditions which makes it too
expensive to fix things because man-hours have become too expensive? I
know that I haven't stopped chuckling over every paycheck yet after a
20-year gap between jobs........which leaves a HUGE area for debate (on
another forum perhaps?) on the morality of the whole thing :(

Kate

-----Original Message-----
From: Clay [mailto:wcharmon@wt.net]
Sent: Saturday, 9 April 2005 1:41 a.m.
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Printer for Digital Negatives (was: 1280 going berserkers)

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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