[Leica] PAW 27 dlridings

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Thanks Daniel. I'll devour those links and see what I can come up with.

I had seen an old link in another group where you'd tried an R800 (which I
have) as well.
Are you scanning the 120 film on a flatbed as grey scale?
I am always struck by the great tonal range and clarity of your 6x6 stuff.

Cheers
B/W Apprentice Hoppy

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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:50:35 +0200
From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW 27 dlridings
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On 7/10/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

>
> Once you have processed these as you have listed, are you printing
> chemically or scanning and printing on inkjet? I'd value the details
there,
> if so.

In general, I print them with an inkjet printer.

I started out trying to get some of the top-line printers to do a
satisfactory job with black and white. They almost always have a
problem with color shifts. If you use color inks to create shades of
grey, the color is going to make itself known, particularly when you
change viewing light (window light, florescent, tungsten etc).

So I went with a cheap printer, the Epson C86 and carbon pigment inks
from MIS Associates (links to follow).

It makes printing b/w much easier and the quality is high. I
personally cannot equal the quality of the inkjet prints by going into
the darkroom. Having said that, I now rent space in a darkroom, but
that's another story.

You probably won't be able to pick up a C86 anymore. I picked up one
of the last ones in Sweden just to have in reserve for the day I wear
my present one out.

But other printers have come to replace it.

Most of what I am describing is due to the work of Paul Roark.

His home page is:

http://home1.gte.net/res0a2zt/photos.html

His pages for inkjet printing:

http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/

I buy my inks from MIS Associates

http://www.inksupply.com/

It usually takes 4-5 days to get from Michigan to Sweden.

Paul Roark does all of his testing and then distributes the results
through MIS Associates, so anything you read on his page will be
available from them.

It looks like the Epson R200 and R220 are the budget replacements for
the C86 model.

Hope this helps,

Daniel

PS: Another route is to use a RIP. A good one to start with, if you
have a printer it works with, is QuadTone RIP. I've gotten really nice
results with it as well:

http://www.quadtonerip.com/html/QTRoverview.html

DR