Digital BW, The Print

Mike what paper do you use for the dyes? Am I right in thinking that the
heavyweight matte papers are no good for dye - I'm thing PR here.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "mkravit" <mkravit@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Neutral RGB Grayscale


> A couple of quick obervations.
>
> I guess I must have been bored last night, otherwise I would not have
> been doing this stuff.
>
> Well anyway, I pulled the CIS on my 1280 and loading the Epson
> Lightfast Dyes. I then printed a black ink only of a image that had a
> long tonal scale. The 1280's dither pattern with the Epson driver is
> really pretty amazing. I compared the print to one made on the 7000
> with the MIS FS inks and the Piezo driver. The first thing that
> amazed me is the density of the black. The second thing was that
> visually you can not see dots or dither w/o a loupe.
>
> The whole reason I brought this up is that recently I have been
> trying to get a truly neutral gray print. We hung four prints against
> a wall in a local gallery. A Piezo, an MIS FS, a selenium toned
> silver gelatin, and a platinum print. The Piezo definitely had a
> green cast, the MIS a slightly less but still green cast. The
> platinum was warm and the selenium toned silver was the most neutral.
>
> Then I was told about the newest Epson lightfast dyes coming in March
> with the new series of 8000 printers. These dyes are said to be 50-75
> year dyes. I don't know if this is true, but at this point it is
> hearsay.
>
> I have also been told that black only prints on the Epson 10000 are
> amazing. Much like the 1280, only better and bigger.
>
> So much to do, so little time.
>
> Mike
>
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