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Subject: [Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450
From: vondauster at earthlink.net (Will von Dauster)
Date: Sun Dec 5 00:02:20 2004
References: <8041E8A0-4600-11D9-82E8-000D932E0DA0@depaul.edu> <7629FF86-4618-11D9-93CD-00039387D67E@earthlink.net> <039d01c4da2f$8bbf1390$0200a8c0@robertbxucevjs>

Sorry for the late reply, Bob, but yes, in my understanding it uses 
only the 59 cart in this mode. No color management necessary...

Will von Dauster

On Dec 4, 2004, at 11:32 AM, <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote:

> You use the 59 cartridge?  (and only the 59?)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will von Dauster" 
> <vondauster@earthlink.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450
>
>> Hi Bob,
>> On Dec 4, 2004, at 7:26 AM, Bob Palmieri wrote:
>>>
>>> By the way BD (and anyone else who feels good about their output 
>>> with this printer)- could you share with the group the settings 
>>> you're using for "color" management in Photoshop (I'm assuming 
>>> you're using Photoshop and we all know about assumptions...) and the 
>>> print driver (mac or pc) to get these stellar results in B&W?
>>>
>>> Also, if you've had good luck on the color side I'd be interested in 
>>> those settings as well.
>> I use a Mac (four of them, actually), and am also a firm believer in 
>> Ted's KISS principle. I've had to dink with color management with 
>> other printers I've used, Epson and Canon, but with the 7960 I've 
>> left the color management to the default, ie automatic, settings 
>> beyond selecting the paper type. For black and white prints, which 
>> are about 50% of my personal stuff, I manually select the paper type 
>> (premium plus glossy), let it use "best" for the quality, and select 
>> "greyscale" for the color, all in the print dialog box. The prints 
>> are better than any inkjet I've ever seen, and better than most of 
>> the BW I used to be able to print when I had a darkroom set up.
>> I've also noticed the swelling of the paper, but this settles down a 
>> lot as the print fully dries.
>> Will von Dauster
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In reply to: Message from rpalmier at depaul.edu (Bob Palmieri) ([Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450)
Message from vondauster at earthlink.net (Will von Dauster) ([Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450)
Message from robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net) ([Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450)