Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]$500 to $700 in 16 years means it has actually got cheaper in real, inflation adjusted terms! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:42 AM Christopher Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > I used Imageprint with my first good inkjet printer, the Epson 2200, 16 > years ago. It was great, and back then was the only way to get good BW > prints, but the pricing was really extreme, and its gotten FAR worse. The > version for 13x19 printers was $500 back then, and now its $700. I am using > an Epson P800 now and they want $900 for the software for it. No thanks; I > just plain cannot afford that. > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Like My Work on Facebook > > > ?On 8/22/18, 12:24 AM, "LUG on behalf of Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > I have been using ImagePrint ever since 2003/4 when I started printing > in > earnest, in the days of getting random green and magenta tints on B&W > prints on an Epson 1290. There was no choice but use a RIP in those > days > for neutral B&W output, and IP's profiles were, and still are, much > better > than the manufacturers canned ones. Having paid out the initial > joining fee > eons ago, I have been upgrading as and when I have been upgrading > printers, > as I am used to their interface and it is a part of my printing > workflow. > If I were in the same position today that I was way back then, I would > not > bother with a RIP, as Chris pointed out, and stick to the Epson ABW > driver, > as it has improved by leaps and bounds over the years. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM Paul Roark via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > I print all my B&W with QuadToneRip. > > > > Many use the OEM inkset, but I prefer a dedicated B&W approach. > > > > FWIW, > > > > Paul > > www.PaulRoark.com > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:39 PM Christopher Crawford < > > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > > > Ken, > > > > > > Inexpensive profiling kits like that one don't really produce very > good > > > profiles, and even the high end profiling devices don't do well > for BW > > > printing. To be honest, the Epson Advanced BW Mode produces FAR > more > > > accurate B&W prints than you'll get from using any color profile, > and it > > is > > > built-in and free. > > > > > > I made a tutorial on how to use it: > > > > > > https://youtu.be/kxkpJEzn8YM > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Chris Crawford > > > Fine Art Photography > > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > > 260-437-8990 > > > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > > Like My Work on Facebook > > > > > > > > > ?On 8/21/18, 8:07 PM, "LUG on behalf of Ken Carney" > <lug-bounces+chris= > > > chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > kcarney1 at cox.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Tapping the wisdom of the LUG: I would like to start making > my own > > > paper profiles for b&w on Epson printers. B&H has the X-Rite > kit on > > > sale for $389. > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1369004-REG/x_rite_eostudio_i1studio.html > > > > > > Will this be a good solution? Now I am using the Spyder 3 Pro > for > > > monitors, and the factory profiles for papers (Hahnemuelle, > Epson > > > etc.) > > > This is with soft-proofing the paper profiles then adjusting if > > > necessary. Most of the time the prints are good...but I would > like > > > them > > > to be better. Previously I have used ImagePrint with good > results, > > > but > > > dang it is expensive to keep upgrading for a hobbyist. > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information