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Subject: [Leica] back to printing
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:06:06 +0200
References: <123980.82272.qm@web82107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Bob,
Imageprint are quoting US$700 for an upgrade from IP7 Lite version for
the Epson R2400 to IP8 Full version for the 3885. I am a long term
user & fan, but I have not decided on this as yet, as I am also
evaluating QuadTone Rip. IP,s advantage, as you point out is all those
great profiles for practically any combination of ink & paper.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ken,
> I just traded my Colorburst for ImagePrint. I did so after comparing 
> multiple images printed from both engines using profiles supplied by the 
> software developers. ImagePrint provided greater detail and tonality than 
> Colorburst, no contest.
> The only profiling equipment you will need is for your monitor. ImagePrint 
> provides profiles for a plethora of papers under different viewing 
> situations. I think it is wonderful. The cost of spectrophotometers for 
> monitor profiling only has decreased dramatically over the past 6 years.
> Best of luck,
> Bob
>
> Bob Adler
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
>
> On Jul 11, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> I'm making an effort to get back to printing. ?I think I've printed more 
> in the last few weeks than in the last few years (darkroom closed about 
> 5-6 years ago). ? For b&w, I'm printing on Epson Velvet Fine Art 13x19 
> with the QuadTone RIP software, with the curves set to slightly warm (55% 
> warm curve, 45% cool curve, not split-toned). ? One epiphany was that I 
> didn't have to mat and frame every image - a 13x19 portfolio box(es) with 
> interleaf tissues works fine (the matte paper is very fragile). ? ?Here 
> are two from today that I have not printed since the darkroom days:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/angel.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/mesa+verde.jpg.html
>
> As I recall, the "angel" photo was with a CV rangefinder and Nokton 50mm 
> 1.5 lens. ?The photo of the ruins at Mesa Verde was with a Linhof Technica 
> and, I think, a 210mm Schneider lens and TMax 100 4x5 developed in TMax 
> developer 1:9. ?I like both of the prints better than what I could do in 
> the darkroom.
>
> I'm still not sure what to do about color. ?My copy of ImagePrint RIP is 
> for XP, and it is unable to find my printer (even though attached and not 
> shared) in virtual XP in Windows 7. ?Plus it is 6 years old and no doubt 
> the paper profiles have changed over the years. ?I guess bite the bullet 
> and buy profiling gear.
>
> C&C welcome as always.
>
> Ken Carney
> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
>
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