[Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

I imagine those stats are pretty much on the mark.  But, I do think the
calibration (color-managed workflow) is the best thing about inkjet
printing.  Until they change the ink or paper on me,  I can usually match
the monitor with the first print out, or at most second.  But, from then on,
it is just like chemical printing.  It goes into a stack to be reviewed,
shown to friends, etc. in a month or so.  The reaction then can be anywhere
from it's OK, to what was I thinking?  I'm not sure the ultimate ratio of
keepers is any different, but it is nice to get that first print without a
lot of fuss.  It is nirvana compared to my first love, pt/pd, where the
variables change by the hour.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:41 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
> 
> If I knew ten non pro people with darkrooms two of them could make a print
> for reproduction, newsprint, in a pinch.
> And one of them could make a full scale Ansel Adams quality print.
> Most could never be botherered. And took the first thing which came out
> everything out. Their level of "craft" if you could call it that several
> down from what the process is anywhere near capable of.
> 
> And out of ten people I know printing inkjets most print on junk paper;
> and
> take first outs; thinking "calibration" replaces craft.
> But I've seen way more top level prints now that people are printing
> inkjet.
> A lot more people doing it for one.
> 
> 
> 
> mark@rabinergroup.com
> Mark William Rabiner
>