Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug, I print 280gram Somerset Velvet Radiant White (not the Enhanced version), without even using the 'thick paper' setting. I've heard people on the net use 325grams Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Cooper" <douglas@dysmedia.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:05 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Piezography > On 3/5/01 12:36 PM, Leica Users digest expressed the following: > > > > > Piezography is the way to go. I'm using the quad-black inks from Jon Cone > > with the Piezography software and an Epson 3000. Some people have had > > banding problems with the 3000, but my refurbished one has been perfect > > from the start. There are many wonderful papers to try - all giving > > different looks. Right now I'm using Tubridge, also from Cone but Epson > > Heavyweight Matte and Archival are very good and cheap. You'll have to go > > to the http://www.inkjetmall.com site to see if the software is available > > for the 860. I'm not sure. It's worth getting a dedicated printer for > > though. > > > > Have fun - > > > > Tina > > > Thanks! > > Looks as if the 1160 and 860 take the same inks, software, etc. -- they're > basically the same printer, in wide and narrow carriage. > > That software ain't cheap... (I know, I know -- I'm a contradiction in > terms: the broke Leica photographer). > > This is exciting, however. I'll print my own color in a real darkroom, and > do black and white at home! I'm particularly interested in doing panoramas > (which seem quite doable on these printers); I have a project involving the > panoramic aspect ratio with no hint of landscape (perhaps even in portrait > orientation). > > Is this one of the printers that's good with heavy-weight paper? (Again, I > assume that if the 1160 is, this one is.) > > > Douglas Cooper > http://www.dysmedia.com > > NO ARCHIVE > >