Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Brian, Good choice. I posted some lessons learned with my R2400 in the Leica Forum the other day. Basically, I'm getting much better results from using the Epson software to print (Epson Easy Photo Print in particular) than I got when printing directly from Photoshop. Much smoother prints with better colour. I've also been mucking around with colour matching and found that it works best when it's switched on. hehe. I'd not been getting good colour results and so looked into the matter, only to discover that I'd not activated 'full colour matching' in Photoshop Elements 2.0. So I switched in on under 'Preferences' and now the files are converted to the Photoshop colour space of Adobe RGB upon opening. Seems to work better. Basic, I know, but I'm new at this. I'd be happy to hear of people's colour matching tricks and tips. Rick. On 13/03/2006, at 10:33 AM, Brian Reid wrote: > Friday I bought an Epson R2400 inkjet printer and some Hahnem?hle > digital fine art papers for it. It took me a while to wade through > and understand all of the configuration issues that go along with > fine-art paper, but I have it down now, and I've made about a dozen > 11x17 black-and-white prints. > > I was always partial to the G finish on silver photographic paper; > never much cared for E or F or X, and sometimes used R in special > circumstances. The Hahnem?hle William Turner paper sure does print > up like Kodabromide G used to. I've started scanning a few old > (IIIf) negatives to make inkjet prints of shots that I did > exhibition darkroom prints of. They look different, of course, but > both look magnificent. > > I bought a 2400 instead of a 4800 because I didn't have physical > space for the 4800. Maybe someday by the time I do have that much > space, there will be an even-better printer that will hold 9 ink > cartridges instead of just 8. > > My darkroom is probably going to get a little lonelier. > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information