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Subject: [Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net)
Date: Sat Dec 4 10:30:40 2004
References: <8041E8A0-4600-11D9-82E8-000D932E0DA0@depaul.edu> <7629FF86-4618-11D9-93CD-00039387D67E@earthlink.net>

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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Replies: Reply from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450)
Reply from vondauster at earthlink.net (Will von Dauster) ([Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450)
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)