Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] coloor inkjet photo printing - current choices?
From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:49:39 -0800 (GMT-08:00)

> I've been away from ink jet photo printing for about a year.  Can the LUG 
> bring me up to speed on what's available now for color work?  I'd like a 
> printer and ink setup that lets me print on heavy matte finish paper, at 
> least 12 x 16 inch printing coverage, with inks that don't do anything 
> funky like change color or fade much over time.

I've just begun printing with MediaStreet's Generations ProPhoto inks on an older Epson 1200 (purchased used from a fellow LUGger) which prints up to 12"x18".  MediaStreet provides free profiles, the inks are supposed to last quite a long time w/o fading, I haven't noticed any metamereism yet, and a wide variety of papers are available including heavy weight matte papers.  I had to tweak the profiles a little bit and this printer is slower than current models but the output is GREAT.  Total startup cost was about $200.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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