RE: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-14 by Elliot Puritz
Thanks very much Paul. A very instructive answer with information that likely may not be well known. Paul, as an aside, I wonder if there is any difference in
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-14 by Paul Roark
I stay with Epson because they have performed so well for me over the years. Also, and critical for what I do, the Epson piezo head can handle higher
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-14 by ssanking@...
Elliot, I hope you are well. Long time since we talked. Having spent most of a decade learning to make QTR work , with digital negatives and with inkjet
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-14 by Elliot Puritz
Thanks Paul. To be completely honest, I find the discussions of the various Epson inks very confusing. I do not print black and white using either the Epson or
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-14 by Paul Roark
I generally agree with the above posts. Just looking at the blacks, I get the impression the new PK -- better dmax -- is one of the advertising points for it.
Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-13 by brian_downunda@...
Here is my understanding of the ink nomenclature: Ultrachrome was the original pigment ink for the 2100/2200, and as Richard said, had K and LK but no LLK.
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-13 by Mark Savoia
Is it possible the newer P-series inks will not work with the older heads, even possibly damaging them? Mark stillrivereditions.com
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-13 by richard@...
Paul, thanks for linking to that PDF again. I had forgotten about that. Something I think is another good thing to test, and where printing the ink separation
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-13 by John Castronovo
The late great chemist and inventor John Edwards told me more than once that the European version of the MSDS is more accurate and complete by law than what we
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-13 by Paul Roark
In the past, I looked at the Material Safety Data Sheets for the inks to see what they were doing. You can Google Epson [printer model] MSDS you can usually
Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-13 by richard@...
Here is how I understand it: The UltraChrome inks don t include the LLK ink. The UltraChrome K3 uses the same K, LK, LLK in the x800-x900 printers but the x880
Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-12 by david@...
Need some clarification, please. Now when you search for Epson s pigment inks there are three variations instead of two: Ultrachrome Ultrachrome K3 Ultrachrome
Re: [Digital BW] Hello again!
2016-01-12 by John Castronovo
Congratulations and best of luck in your new position Walker. Glad to know you re still here and able to help sort this stuff out with the rest of us. john
RE: [Digital BW] Hello again!
2016-01-12 by Elliot Puritz
Wonderful news! I am a bit younger than you Walker. There appears to be a significant number of those in our general age group who have decided that the
Re: [Digital BW] Hello again!
2016-01-12 by Richard Massie
Hi Walker..... Welcome back East and the best of luck to you. I m still working with Jon s Piezo inks and still enjoying printing at 80. Richard Massie
Hello again!
2016-01-12 by Walker Blackwell
Dear B&W print lovers, This forum almost single-handedly got me up and running in 2004 when I started my first printing company (Black Point Editions) in
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-11 by Paul Roark
Yes, QTR would allow you to use less color ink. There was a test at Aardenburg-imaging that compared K3 ABW with QTR on Moab paper. At 100 MLux-hours of
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-11 by exe.rpd@...
Hi Paul, If dedicated B 7 W ink sets are good, and Epson ABW are bad (Shorter life span), where does QTR fall in your opinion? Somewhere in between these two?
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-11 by Paul Roark
Regarding the archival qualities of the Epson ABW mode, I summarized some of the http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/ data on page 2 of
Re: (no subject)
2016-01-10 by Michael-K
Paul Roark, regarding the archival qualities of pigment inks, would you mind commenting on where Epson s ABW feature fits in? Thanks.
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-09 by Paul Roark
Arlene, FWIW, here is my take on it, and I ve studied Mark s outstanding work at Aardenburg Imaging and done my own testing. ... There is no precise definition
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-09 by Bill Kennedy
Right you are. My post was unclear. I should have added OEM or out of the box . Bill Kennedy Professor of Photocommunications Area Coordinator St. Edward s
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-09 by John Castronovo
In what way are they better? If it’s a matter of uniformity and Dmax, then a rip and better profiling could change that. From:
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-09 by Bill Kennedy
Arlene- Not to split hairs but there really is no such thing as archival inks, papers or prints. If you have a minute:
Re: (no subject)
2016-01-09 by arlenelove3@...
It is my understanding that Epson K3 ink is archival, and also the carbon inks from Jon Cone and MIS ...all pigment. Are there any archival pigment inks for
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-08 by Dr. Elliot Puritz
Given the problems that Epson printers seem to have why not try Canon? Sent from my iPhone
Re: (no subject)
2016-01-08 by barrettwbenton@...
Arlene: My problem with printers sort of comes from the opposite direction: My main printer up to last year was an HP Photosmart Pro 8750, purchased new in
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-08 by hrblaine@...
I have a large dye print (from a Canon printer) hanging on my wall that gets a lot of artificial light and a little indirect sunlight. It hasn t faded in 5
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-07 by Paul Roark
... ... There are claims that the new dye inks are as stable as archival pigment inks. I am very skeptical ... Yes, I would be skeptical also. The
Re: [Digital BW] Re: (no subject)
2016-01-07 by Mike Keller
I have the Canon Pro-1 13 wide printer, it s pigment inks and I think the prints look very nice. As usual, archival depends on display versus dark storage,
Re: (no subject)
2016-01-07 by arlenelove3@...
Thanks Richard. I m using the Canon Pro 100 for proofs and incidentals, not for serious finished b&w photographs. There are claims that the new dye inks
Re: [Digital BW] (no subject)
2016-01-07 by Richard Massie
Luster and gloss paper print best on the Pro 100, yielding excellent results. Cartridges are very limited in capacity and are chipped according to their slots.
Creating ICCs for Use In Lightroom
2016-01-07 by homershannon@...
I ve been away from this issue for a while, but today I decided I would try and create some ICCs that could be used by Lightroom to print black and white
(no subject)
2016-01-06 by arlenelove3@...
Does anyone have experience with Black and White printing on the Canon Pro 100? If the set of 4 b&w and gray inks are used, where are they put, and does
RE: [Digital BW] Windows 10 and 2100 and 1400 printers
2016-01-05 by Nigel Richards
Hi, I have no problems printing from Windows 10 with my usb connected epson 1290, R300 or wifi connected 1500W. USB 3 is meant to be fully backward
Re: [Digital BW] Windows 10 and 2100 and 1400 printers
2016-01-05 by Un Globe Trotteur
I used my 2200 with windows 10 and it worked fine. I had to revert to 7 because of some WiFi issues. I got the drivers from epson. On 1/4/2016 3:35 PM, MEL
Re: [Digital BW] Windows 10 and 2100 and 1400 printers
2016-01-04 by Paul Roark
On the Win 10 PC I experimented with a USB 2 cable worked. I think 3 is supposed to be backward compatible. Be sure the standard Epson drivers are downloaded
Windows 10 and 2100 and 1400 printers
2016-01-04 by MEL DAVIES
Does anyone know how to print from Epson 1400 and 2100 (2200) printers. Just bought a new PC as other one crashed. I tried the USB 2 cable to no avail. The
3880 Eboni Variable Tone -- Arches watercolor paper note
2016-01-01 by roark.paul@...
I have been experimenting with ways to improve the smoothness of Arches watercolor paper printing. Although most of the work is with the 7800 and 9800, the
Re: [Digital BW] CIS Question
2015-12-27 by Un Globe Trotteur
Got it to work. I watched a youtube video. I had to pull the cartridges back out of the printer and use the syringe to pull back the ink into the tubes.
RE: [Digital BW] CIS Question
2015-12-25 by Mike Johnston
I am not an expert but is it possible there is a vent plug you need to remove? Mike J. From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
CIS Question
2015-12-25 by Globe Trotteur
After 4 years, my CIS in my 2200 got a bad chip. I just got a new one but got it empty this time. I filled up the tank and use the syringe to pull ink into the
Fw: important message
2015-12-18 by <morristaub@...>
Hello! New message, please read morristaub@free.fr
Re: OT - Luminous Landscape
2015-12-16 by brian_downunda@...
The Like button has been pressed ... Just a quick defense of the good old days of Kodak and Ilford with regard to information. They published hundreds of
Re: OT - Luminous Landscape
2015-12-16 by Joseph Meyerson
Just a quick defense of the good old days of Kodak and Ilford with regard to information. They published hundreds of specialty publications on their
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 9800 roll paper mystery accessory
2015-12-15 by dwight_talley@...
The hex screws on mine were not held on by nuts. I had my printer apart and was able to see that they were clear to remove without issue. You may be as lucky
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 9800 roll paper mystery accessory
2015-12-15 by Paul Roark
Thank you Dwight. I ll take mine off also. It s held on by hex screws that go down into the printer. Are the nuts at the other end held in place, or am I
Re: [Digital BW] Epson 9800 roll paper mystery accessory
2015-12-15 by Mark Savoia
No idea what that is, might be a plate alignment guide for feeding in offset plates to print on. BTW, all the counters can be reset, so don’t go by what it
Re: Epson 9800 roll paper mystery accessory
2015-12-15 by dwight_talley@...
It is part of a two sided paper printing accessory. I had one on my 9600 when I bought it from a print shop. They came out in the early 2000s and I just took
Epson 9800 roll paper mystery accessory
2015-12-15 by roark.paul@...
This probably belongs on another forum, but I ll give it a try here first. I bought a used 9800 that has an accessory bolted onto it that is a bit of a mystery