Re: Epson R1800 & Transparency Printing & Alt Chef

For the R1800, using all inks and printing a "grayscale" negative will give
you the most density—though this is not true with all models of Epson
printers... the R2400 is an example where this is not true.

On a more personal note to you alt photographers that make up this list. If
you are opposed to personal notes, then hit the delete button immediately.

Alive and partially well, writing to you from my bed in St Joseph Hospital,
Elgin, IL—on my birthday, July 7, 2006. I've had two bowel movements,
urinated 7 times, had my vital signs read 9 times, had 5 antibiotic IV's, Fed 27
pieces of birthday cake to the nursing shifts since 5:00 pm, threatened to order
out for all my food and boycott the hospital "chef" —and believe me, this chef
ain't never gonna have his own cooking show in tv land—he can't possibly
understand the concept of food and gourmet food is way beyond anything that has
entered this dimwitted fellow's mind. While my cholesteral seems to be within
normal bounds, I am not even tempted by the bisquits and gravy on the menu....I
only order things like cereal that are not prepared in the kitchen
heheheeheheh And to think, tonight I was to be dining with a lovely lady at our
favorite gourmet restaurant.... sigh.

Numerous phone calls and actual visits from family and friends cheer me on
this, my 61st birthday—I thank all of you for that and I am blessed to have you
as family/friends. I won't name any of you so that you will not be
embarrassed into denying that you actually know me.

But perhaps the good side of all this is that the faint rustle of the wings
of death causes one to think of those things undone, so I shall finish CCII as
soon as I return home...but only after I have the finest porterhouse steak
money can buy from the Elburn meat company and cooked carefully by the hands of
loving friends on their grill...... this matched by a gourmet dinner with
friend Laura at our favorite restuarant/retreat.

My room mate is a pleasant guy with a great family. A great BIG
family....they all come and visit every evening. Well I fed them a lot of cake tonight.
  As I sit here gazing on my personal 1 Gallon Jug of hand sanitizer with a
powerful hand operated pump, I'm surprised that people bring very small
pre-kindergarten children to visit in a hospital and cavort around a place where
there are deadly germs and things lurking. After cake, the children formed up
into two teams and played some of those competitive games I remember from
grade school.... Red Rover, Dodge Ball, etc. with a little of the action spilling
out into the hall way.

I must say though that even though the food sucks terribly, the care is first
class and administered with a pleasant smile. Each patient room has a sign
outside that says:

1. Please Stop before entering
1. Knock First
2. Enter with a Smile
3. Introduce Yourself
4. Explain what you are Doing

Now I can only wonder what benefit I might have derived should I have posted
such a sign outside my bedroom while Enderetta and Ender Jr were growing up—or
indeed how might the entire world have benefited?

I did pause to wonder what fun I could have with that big X-Ray machine...
what a RAY-O-Gram that damn thing would make! The possibillities are endless!
 Ender Jr with a slinky strung from head to toe while reclining midst the
contents of the back seat of his car. I can only imagine the stir among
gallerists.

A brief pause while Abby reads my vital signs again—all of which turned out
within normal range for an adult photographer and my f-stop is a firm F11.

The night shift is still not quite sure about my sleeping schedule...I'm
trying to convince them that it is normal for me to still be awake at 2:00 am
reading a book, checking email, or walking the halls. I'd like to see the
comments on my chart though.

Thanks for this opportunity to go off topic and entertain myself a bit—they
try to shrink things in the hospital and one has to be careful that it is not
your brain being shrunk by the boredom. I'll skip the discussion I had
considered regarding how one defines a bm—whether by the episode or by counting each
"piece"—is certainly would change the count for the nurses —and Chris's
concept of floaters and sinkers (alt photo papers in the wash) is the next aspect
that comes to mind.... makes one feel like this machine that takes in raw
materials in one end and expels products from the other all while getting graded
on efficiency by the team here at the nurses station.

heheehehe and goodnight....

Mark Nelson
Precision Digital Negatives

PS Night Shift Nurses can sure cram a lot of cake!

In a message dated 7/7/06 8:05:56 PM, cryberg@comcast.net writes:

> I have to use black ink with my Epson R1800 to get a negative that will
> print under UV.  It does work, but it takes a carefully made curve.
> Charles    Portland OR
>
Received on 07/07/06-10:51:40 PM Z