Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes of course pt/pd! I put them on my waffles in the morning! Crunchy! mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:56:06 -0500 > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice? > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information