Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/19

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Subject: [Leica] "Show Me the Monet"
From: Tim Atherton <timatherton@theedge.ca>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:04:00 -0700

> >Darryl,
> >
> >This is from a report from one the largest online Epson vendors.  If
> you scroll half way down this link, you will see it.  Very impressive:
> >
> >http://www.inkjetart.com/news/archive/IJN_02-18-04.html
> >
> >John
> >

Here's an unsolicited response to the above article:

Begin quote....

"Thank you for your very favorable review of the Monet
reproductions I made for Epson's display at PMA 2004. I thought
that you and the members of the group might be interested in
some of what went into making the prints.

As you mentioned, they were printed on UltraSmooth paper on a
9600. I use the Epson driver. No RIP. However, I do make my
own profiles with Gretag ProfileMaker Pro 4.1.5. I have found that
4.1.5 makes the best profiles for UltraSmooth. Shadow detail is
noticeable improved with this version of ProfileMaker Pro.

All of the reproductions were made from files created with the
Sinarback 23 digital camera back. The camera also has a
custom profile. The paintings are proofed in our studio to the
monitor under GTI proofing lights. We are able to get virtually an
exact match, both in color and dynamic range. The dynamic
range of the paintings was always impossible to accurately
capture on film.

One of the key reasons the paintings look so "real" is our lighting
technique, which has been developed over 20 years of
photographing paintings for print reproduction. It is a
combination of raking light and polarization, which is customized
for each painting. We treat the paintings as 3 dimensional
objects because most have a surface dimension.

But the final piece of puzzle is the printer, ink and paper. I can
match the color gamut of the paintings with the Ultrachrome
inkset on UltraSmooth paper. Aside from it's important archival
qualities (a pre-requisite for us to sell prints to the public), the
lack of optical brightners, natural white base and smooth surface
are essential for facsimile fine art reproduction.

John Woolf
Digital Imaging Specialist
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"

end quote........
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