I bought it direct from Amplis, the Canadian distributor, in volume. I can get you contact info if you want.
-Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: thots on printing and prints Date: Fri Mar 3, 2006 11:03 am Size: 4K To: [email protected] Aaron, Where do you get it locally? I've seen prints on it, but due to a lack of source, haven't had a chance to see my prints on it, and I really want to. -Adam Aaron Reynolds wrote: > I have a really nice monitor and I agree -- even prints made on my "old" 7500 > knock the socks off of looking at the monitor. > > I also second Adam's recommendation of the Hahnemühle photo rag, a gorgeous > paper. All my b&w Trinidad 24 x 36s were printed on that stuff. > > I still don't know what I'm doing for my show in May (I've been distracted, > doing other people's shows for May, which is the big Contact photography > month here in Toronto), but chances are it'll be on that paper. > > -Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: thots on printing and prints > Date: Fri Mar 3, 2006 10:13 am > Size: 3K > To: SeePhoto Camera Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, PDML > <[email protected]> > > Getting ready for the exhibition, I've been printing up a storm the > past week or two. > > The HP 7960 has done yeoman service to print announcement postcards > (for the hundred or so I need, it's cheaper than I've found as yet to > print decent quality color at a print service), business cards, > exhibit tags, all manner of collateral things. I'm surprised at the > quality I'm getting out of it as well as the economy ... I've hardly > touched the two color cartridges, barely touched the black ink tank, > and used about 1/2 of a grayscale cart to output everything so far. > > It's operated flawlessly and quickly. The only hitch I've encountered > so far has been the juggling of paper due to the u-turn paper path, > particularly for the announcement post cards. I've been unsuccessful > at making a custom paper size that would print the cards in one run, > so each sheet (two cards per sheet) gets run through two times to > print the addressing information on upper and lower cards, and then > once again to print the announcement on both. > > The Epson R2400 is making the final presentation prints. It also has > operated flawlessly and with extreme consistency. I've consumed one > whole set of ink carts in the making of perhaps 160 prints from 5x7 > to A3 in size. I'm very glad I bought this printer. > > I did some testing with Fine Art Velvet vs Epson Enhanced Matte > papers. There's no question whatever that the Fine Art Velvet is a > nicer paper, producing a more brilliant result, but I found that with > suitable minor adjustments to the tonal curve I can produce results > that are so nearly as good on Epson Enhanced Matte, once you put both > behind glass with a matte, that I am producing the show prints on > EEM. (My plan is to provide Fine Art Velvet prints on orders rather > than for the exhibit itself.) > > This allows me to use automation more effectively since I can stack > load the printer for the show prints and reduces production costs > substantially. I wrote actions for Photoshop which automate printing > three different sizes of prints for the whole set. I must be getting > lightheaded at having this stuff come out because I'm getting a > thrill out of seeing a very nice, fully finished stack of 20 custom- > cut 5x7s pop out of the printer in a half hour or so. > > I produced three sets like this so far and have been using one of > them to help organize and arrange the photos. And let me tell you, > there is such a huge difference between looking at a nice print and > looking at a photo on even an excellent computer screen. The tactile > qualities of the paper, the micro interaction of the surface texture > with the ink and image, the dynamics of handling the print ... > Although I love looking at photographs on a good computer screen, > there's simply nothing like a good print. And an modest size print, > something in the 5x7 to 11x14 range, is a much more intimate viewing > experience than the big ones too. > > fun stuff. I'm in the bomb run now, waiting for the clouds to clear. > There's a lot of work yet to do before Sunday when I do the > installation, but it's all getting done in an efficient manner > without rushing. This is fun. > > Godfrey > - "Ramsey" - http://www.gdgphoto.com >
