Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks you BD, there is some sanity out there after all. Chris At 02:12 PM 8/11/2005, you wrote: >God I never thought I'd end up defending wet prints...but Walt, the >suggestion that " Adobe Photoshop, Nikon Coolscan and a good Epson printer( >in the right hands) can blow away most wet prints" is complete and utter >nonsense, assuming you're referring to wet printing "in the right hands." > >Digital printing is digital printing, whether using the OEM inks, or systems >such as the Cone quadtones, or MIS inks. And silver printing is silver >printing. Both will, in the hands of a competent printer, produce gorgeous >results. But neither will be 'better' than the other. > >Now, if you want to say that a competent digital printer can more quickly >produce, and infinitely more quickly reproduce a print than even the best >wet printer, you're absolutely correct. :-) >B. D. > > > >On 8/11/05 1:58 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > > > Bill: > > > > You can certainly scan you b&w negative and print on an inkjet with good > > results. As a matter of fact, a few simple tools can insure better > > results > > than a Focomat V35. > > > > Adobe Photoshop, Nikon Coolscan and a good Epson printer( in the right > hands) > > can blow away most wet prints. Most importantly, the results are > repeatable. > > > > There are some very good links on the subject and one of the best is > Clayton > > Jones. http://www.cjcom.net/articles/digiprn1.htm > > > > > > Walt J. > > walt@waltjohnson.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 A0049