Will do! :~P -Brendan
--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Next time let me know what you're going to post in > advance. ;-) > > > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, > briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > > > > > >From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: Re: Printer Recommendations? > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:28:01 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Yeah, I just posted part of that same passage. > > > >-Brendan > > > >--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >From a rag named Popular Photography.... > > > > > > 2. Does droplet size matter? > > > On an inkjet, droplet sizes can be as small as 1 > > > picoliter (one trillionth > > > of a liter) for dye-based inks and 1.5 > picoliters > > > for pigment-based inks. > > > The combination of printer head and ink > determines > > > how small a droplet a > > > printer can produce. The smaller the droplet, > the > > > greater the resolution of > > > the print. Small droplets also let you produce > finer > > > tonal gradations and > > > highlight details with fewer inks. > > > > > > But, unless you inspect printswith a loupe, you > > > probably dont need to worry > > > much about droplet size once you go below about > 4 > > > picoliters. Factors such > > > as paper type and image processing are more > likely > > > to determine how smooth > > > and detailed your prints look. > > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > Also... apparently a printer may vary the > droplet > > > size it spits out based on > > > the detail that is required in a given part of > an > > > image. > > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, > > > briefed, debriefed or > > > numbered." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > <pdml@pdml.net> > > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > > >Subject: Re: Printer Recommendations? > > > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:01:39 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > >Wouldn't detail be further compromised by > larger > > > droplets? > > > >These are just rhetorical reactions to a series > of > > > curiosities. > > > >There has to be a definitive answer lurking > > > somewhere. > > > > > > > >Jack > > > > > > > >--- Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I read something one time about the way > > > different > > > > > papers react to droplet size. The finish > either > > > repels > > > > > or absorbs the inks differently. So, smaller > > > droplets > > > > > would spread reducing detail in some papers. > > > > > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've always been curious as to whether > there > > > were a > > > > > > direct connection > > > > > > between droplet size and printer > resolution. > > > AEBE, > > > > > > it seems smaller ink > > > > > > droplets would equal finer printed > detail.(?) > > > > > > What are the paper considerations? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Brendan MacRae > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hum, not sure that smaller droplets > always > > > > > > translate > > > > > > > to print detail. The paper is a big > variable > > > here. > > > > > > > However, that's interesting, too. The > 2400 > > > has a > > > > > > huge > > > > > > > following, I know, but it's too small > for > > > what I > > > > > > want > > > > > > > to do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In keeping with my severe resolution > > > hang-up, > > > > > > I've > > > > > > > > noted that the R1800 > > > > > > > > advertises having the smallest ink > > > droplets in > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > industry, 1.5 > > > > > > > > picoliters. The R2400, 3.5 picoliters, > but > > > > > > produces > > > > > > > > "superior" B&W > > > > > > > > prints. > > > > > > > > This is my total offering on the > subject. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Brendan MacRae > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to be putting my digital > > > darkroom > > > > > > > > together > > > > > > > > > soon and I've decided on everything > but > > > the > > > > > > > > printer at > > > > > > > > > this point. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want a large format ink jet and > have > > > been > > > > > > > > looking at > > > > > > > > > Canon and Epson. Both of the 17" > wide > > > $1800 > > > > > > > > printers > > > > > > > > > have gotten good reviews. I'm > leaning > > > toward > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > Epson > > > > > > > > > since I know a designer who owns an > > > older > > > > > > model > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > produces amazing prints. I've never > seen > > > > > > anything > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > a Canon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, does anyone else use the > > > ColorVision > > > > > > Print > > > > > > > > Fix > > > > > > > > > Pro suite? +'s? -'s? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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