[Leica] Paper for b&w printing - for Scott G

[scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)]

Jay thanks for the explanation. I'm going to investigate further. 
Scott 

> On Oct 31, 2013, at 1:03 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
> 
> Scott, if you are starting with a new printer, that has never had ink in 
> it, then a conversion to b&w only inks is a piece of cake.
> Buy the refillable cartridges, fill with ink, and install.
> A little more involved if you have to purge the color inks. 
> (http://www.piezography.com/PiezoPress/technical-support/)
> I bought a used R3000 because it was a good deal and came set up with the 
> b&w K7 inks. 
> (http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.362672/sc.15/category.54255/.f)
> Otherwise, I'd have probably bought a 3880, but never researched it.
> The Piezography carbon inks use Quadtone RIP, 
> (http://www.quadtonerip.com/html/QTRoverview.html) and Piezography 
> provides many curves for popular papers.
> I am more than happy with the image quality. The results on matte paper 
> are as good as what I was able to get from the wet darkroom; and I prided 
> myself on the quality of my darkroom printing ability.
> I can't wait to try printing on some exhibition type papers.
> 
> Jay
> 
>> On 10/30/2013 11:36 AM, Scott Gregory wrote:
>> Jay I would be interested to know your thoughts concerning quality of the 
>> 3000 Epson and the results you are achieving with your mono inks.
>> Is there much conversion that needs to happen to the printer to get it 
>> going mono?
>> Also I'm looking to replace my old 2200 Epson and I've been using the 
>> Image Print Rip with the 2200.
>> Last I checked with Image Print in Florida they suggested going with the 
>> 3880 since it was more of a professional build than the 3000 and which 
>> they told me was giving some issues early on. Perhaps those issues have 
>> been corrected though? Anyway I'd rather spend in the area of the 3000's 
>> price range for what I do. And I'm not really too keen on shelling out 
>> the amount of $$$ Image Print wants for a Rip these days, even though it 
>> is a good product. So part of my question is are you printing your Leica 
>> black and white photos on the 3000 using the paper profiles from the 
>> manufacturer or are you in fact using a Rip?
>> Thanks for your thoughts!
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
>>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 10:01 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've got my R3000 with Piezography b&w ink up and printing beautiful 
>>> Monochrom images (thanks Dave!).
>>> I dislike matte finish paper, and also the high gloss RC paper look.
>>> I've a bunch of stuff to print out by Christmas.
>>> Looking for input on a general purpose (NOT exhibition weight or cost) 
>>> type of paper, that looks like air dried glossy fiber papers from the 
>>> wet darkroom days.
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Thank you kindly,
> 
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