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Subject: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun Sep 7 18:23:02 2008

Yes of course pt/pd! I put them on my waffles in the morning!
Crunchy!

mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:56:06 -0500
> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
> 
> I imagine those stats are pretty much on the mark.  But, I do think the
> calibration (color-managed workflow) is the best thing about inkjet
> printing.  Until they change the ink or paper on me,  I can usually match
> the monitor with the first print out, or at most second.  But, from then 
> on,
> it is just like chemical printing.  It goes into a stack to be reviewed,
> shown to friends, etc. in a month or so.  The reaction then can be anywhere
> from it's OK, to what was I thinking?  I'm not sure the ultimate ratio of
> keepers is any different, but it is nice to get that first print without a
> lot of fuss.  It is nirvana compared to my first love, pt/pd, where the
> variables change by the hour.
> 
> Ken
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
>> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner
>> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:41 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
>> 
>> If I knew ten non pro people with darkrooms two of them could make a print
>> for reproduction, newsprint, in a pinch.
>> And one of them could make a full scale Ansel Adams quality print.
>> Most could never be botherered. And took the first thing which came out
>> everything out. Their level of "craft" if you could call it that several
>> down from what the process is anywhere near capable of.
>> 
>> And out of ten people I know printing inkjets most print on junk paper;
>> and
>> take first outs; thinking "calibration" replaces craft.
>> But I've seen way more top level prints now that people are printing
>> inkjet.
>> A lot more people doing it for one.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> mark@rabinergroup.com
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) (OT was RE: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?)
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