Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/12

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Subject: [Leica] B.D., How Harsh You Are
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Aug 12 07:58:52 2005

Rip schnip - the HP printers produce perfect and white without any rips or
weird adjustments necessary. Just prep the image, push the button, and
print. And now they, too, have a 13x19 printer for $500.

On 8/11/05 9:05 PM, "Timothy Atherton" <tim@kairosphoto.com> wrote:

> You can get the QuadtoneRIP for the R800 (and many other epson printers)
> which will do a really good job of B&W printing
> 
> again a bit of a learning curve (have to convert your greyscale images to a
> special profile for best results),  and I find it generally works best on
> matte/rag type papers (I think for the R800 it just has EEM profiles - 
> which
> can be tweaked to work with most cotton rag type papers - and you can 
> always
> try it with glossy...)
> 
> http://harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html
> 
> Best of all it's free until you decide you like it enough to make a 
> donation
> 
> tim a
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
>> Kenneth Frazier
>> Sent: August 11, 2005 6:58 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] B.D., How Harsh You Are
>> 
>> 
>> feli2@earthlink.net (feli) wrote:
>> 
>>> My R800, which only has two shades of black, puts out some
>>> darn impressive
>>> RC quality prints
>> 
>> Which paper are you using for your b&w prints?  So far, my R800 is a
>> super performer, and I'm trying different papers until I find the one I
>> like best.
>> 
>> Ken
>> --
>> The Rev. Kenneth Frazier
>> Norfield Congregational Church
>> CT Conference, United Church of Christ
>> Weston, CT  USA
>> Leica photos at: http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r
>> 
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