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stevealmighty

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eek Wow! That's wrong. Just plain wrong. Although, thermal transfer does have it's ups and downs, seems to be more downs as time and technology grows!

As far as the color and contrast of the Pictrographs, I don't really have a problem with it. With that said, I am printing my own stuff, so if I did have a problem with it, it would be my own dumb fault. Printing my own stuff is like sending out work to a custom lab for custom individual prints. If I want to add more contrast or green, or take away some cyan or yellow, I just make another print! I have taken my stuff to a professional lab before and been unhappy with the results (both film and digital). They use big terms to explain their stupid mistakes. Then I tell them that I'm a professional digital photographer, how to fix their problems in photoshop, and that I'll wait for them to reprint it free of charge. They don't like that. LOL

cbadland, do u have a link or two for that epson printer you were talking about? I wonder how much the prints, ink and printer is?

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

UltraChromeK3 are the Epson 2400 (13” X 19”) and wide format printers:
4800, 7800, 9800
You can check at the Epson site or here is a Luminous Landscape articles:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/printers/K3-Preview.shtml
and
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/printers/4800-1st.shtml

I don’t know if they would be fast enough for your job. I think they (the UltachromeK3 printers) are more geared towards ‘fine art” printing. Slow.

I’m using the Epson 2200 at home, which also uses archival inks, but only has two blacks (not three- K3) and does not do well on glossy paper. Also pokey.

You may do better looking at the Epson glossy printers. They also print archival on the right media, and are made specifically for glossy and semi-glass paper. And faster than the 2200 and 2400. The Epson R1800, from what I’ve read, is a nice medium format (13” X 19”) machine.
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/epson/R1800.html
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=53540919
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great! Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to check them out.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:51 pm    Post subject: Monitor Calibration Reply with quote

I have a short tutorial on my website that can help you. You can access it here:

http://www.photo-shop-tutorials.net/monitor-calibration.html

Good luck,

Nathan

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