Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon Stevens wrote: > > My apologies if this has been answered before. I did a search of the > archives and didn't find anything. > > What's the verdict on the Epson 2200 for black and white? I have a chemical > darkroom, but I no longer have enough time to use it. I'd like to switch to > a digital darkroom but while I have been very impressed with the results > from Piezography, I don't think I have the time nor patience for that > either. > > On paper, the Epson 2200 looks pretty good. I have heard good things about > it as a color printer, but I haven't talked to anyone who does serious B/W > who has one to get a verdict on the results from scanned B/W negatives. How > do the results compare with a chemical darkroom? > > Thanks! > > Simon Stevens > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html I've been trying to get a 2200 but you have to know someone and I don't know them. I'd love to get one this week. I've heard that with it's "two shades of black" you can get great black and white results from it. Although i usually work from a quadtone set up this year i did some large prints with my color printer which is larger than my 750 which is set up for quadtone. I enjoyed with my color printer being able to really pump in some "print color" on a big time basis. Sometimes subtlety was not the first perogetive. ... make that priority. I'd miss that ability once i finally convert my 2200 once i get it and once they come out with the quadtone or cinctone or sextone grey pod clusters. The idea of pigments not dyes really appeals to me. Inkjets I feel when they are behind glass are often indistinguishable from darkroom prints. Sometimes we feel they are a bit better. Other times we which we'd gone down to our darkrooms. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com mark@rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html