On 26 Mar 2001 08:39:35 EST Richard Starr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Turned out, the key was to get rid of Kodak PhotoFlo and use one
of the more modern wetting agents.
Yup. I once threw away 5L of very expensive Photoflo 600 (enough to make 3,000L
of bubbly water). Photoflo smears unless
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:43:09 -0600 Laurie Solomon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I do not think the Premium Glossy Photo Paper (EPGPP) would be of any
benefit to you.
Yeah, that is the way it looked to me too :) In fact a hammer is what I need -
I've been struggling to print an image all
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:13:07 +0100 Michael Wilkinson
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Whoops,thought it was the 3 grand job,sorry
The big A3 one? I dunno what the 3000 is TBH, filmscanners are confusing
enough, let alone flatbeds. If it's A3, I guess it's a good price.
Regards
Tony Sleep
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:17:31 -0500 Richard N. Moyer
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Now, if the print industry in UK started to use ICC/ICM colormanagement - -
..or even knew what it is.
Regards
Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info
comparisons
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:06:44 -0700 Michael Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
What I would like to know is your opinion of Vue Scan as the medium for
controlling
the linear or raw scans into PShop instead of my Minolta software..
I do this (with a Polaroid), for the simple reason that VS
I would just use raid0 for workspace, i.e. on the order
of 2-4 fast ~5GB disks. Maybe one set for swap and one
pair for files. Once the work is done, park the results
on something big cheap ( burn a CD or DVD).
Bill Ross
Paul wrote:
...
ok: from what I understand the max RAM controllable on a
windows board is set by the chipset
...
... and the OS. That is, Win2k doesn't seem to want to give up
more than 2Gb to any task, unless Frank is correct about Win2k server.
I also believe I read somewhere
Rob wrote:
What's worse is that the price lists don't include the gsm or thickness
of the paper. That would at least help to separate the "photo weight" papers
from the "photo quality" but lightweight papers. Most of the photographers
aren't at all interested in lightweight papers, I expect.
Wilhelm does have some discussion of HP's wide carriage inks on his charts.
Jon Cone makes a medium range "archival" set which uses a mixture of
dyes and pigments as well, which is supposed to have a wide gamut, and
which are available for Epson printers.
Art
VueScan 7.0 Added support for Nikon LS-40 USB
not firewire.
Mikael Risedal
From: "Mikael Risedal" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 4000 ED question
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:55:38
VueScan 7.0 does not today support Nikon
Before we get into a "does not" "does too" fight over the archival
nature of the 870/890 1270/1290 inks, it should be noted that although
the inks have reasonable lightfast-ness, they are vulnerable to ozone
and other pollutants, which are responsible for the "cyan to orange"
fading problems.
Regarding output prints from Epson printers for consideration as
material for color separations, today I took a closer look at some
samples of the same image printed on Epson Glossy film versus Premium
Glossy Photo Paper and Photo Glossy Paper. Although the difference is
not huge, the glossy
Michael Moore wrote:
Aha! The Polaroid marketing shark surfaces. How 'bout lending me one for
a year or so? :)
Mike M.
Gee, and people call me "harsh"...
If David is a shark, I'd see him more as a basking shark than a great
white ;-) Basking sharks are the second largest "fish" (yeah,
Laurie Solomon wrote:
Sorry, drifting off topic.
Never a problem with me - especially if the information is informative or
interesting.
I hate to sound stupid; but I want to check and see if you mean what I think
you mean when you speak of CN in relation to film. Are you speaking
"Arthur Entlich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Glossy Photo Paper and Photo Glossy Paper. Although the difference is
not huge, the glossy film did provide better detail and deeper, less
posterized, color. (the samples were printed with Photo 700/750 models).
I'll have to try it again on the
At 07:54 PM 27/03/01 +1200, Colin wrote:
Rob, why aren't you using Celcast paper? We find it pretty good here,
albeit more expensive than Epson.
I've tried Celcast glossy *once* on an Epson 640, and it was useless - the
inks 'beaded' on the surface. Maybe it's just the 640's inks, but I won't
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:20:28 -0800 (PST) Collin Ong ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Interesting that Nikon is also a major provider of semiconductor
manufacturing equipment, in which they include steppers that perform
*much* more finely that 4000 lines/in.
I didn't know that, but that makes
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:09:13 -0800 PAUL GRAHAM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
transparency film gets the gloved treatment, negatives get fingers (as in
fingerprints...)
oh, and I have changed labs 3 times... same result.
but then, as we all know real pro's only use slide film, right?
Now I
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:55:48 -0500 Hemingway, David J ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I would be happy to do an image(or 2 or 3) , 4x5, 6x7 or 35mm, on the
ProPalette 8K.
A worryingly potentially-expensive prospect. Look what happened last time :-)
TBH the biggest problem with this route is
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:29:32 -0800 Arthur Entlich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
today I took a closer look at some
samples of the same image printed on Epson Glossy film versus Premium
Glossy Photo Paper and Photo Glossy Paper.
Thanks Art. Damn, more tests.
Regards
Tony Sleep
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:27:41 Mikael Risedal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
-- What kind of problems with the stepper motor?
I have been doing tests with ED4000 during the 2 last weeks.
Only problem so fare is to slow software. Not optimized.
Please be more specific, and let me know.
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:10:24 -0800 Arthur Entlich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Often chemicals like this, especially if they are fairly non-toxic, can
safely be "reintegrated" by simply using a warm to hot water bath which
you place the bottle into.
Not PhotoFlo. It precipitates ground
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:13:14 -0800 Arthur Entlich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
No, seriously, you might be running low on one ink,
Yup, the low ink warning light came on eventually.
Regards
Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info
comparisons
Thanks to everyone who replied to this!
I downloaded the Margulis .pdf files suggested and will study them
closely. I'm hoping that will help. I also intent to try a few of the
adjustments in Vuescan that I've yet to experiment with.
I'll let you all know how I fare...
--
Jim
Does anyone have any experience with or seen reviews of the new PlexWriterT
16/10/40A? I know the Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A
is good and am essentially concerned with new-product bugs.
Maris Lidaka
Most local shops in my area will process "SFW" film but require an add on price
whether it is marked C-41 or not.
Gordon
Tim Victor wrote:
On Saturday, March 24, Arthur Entlich wrote:
Mike is right. There are no "supermarket" brands. 3M/Scotch used to be
a main supplier of these
At 1:44 PM +1000 3/27/01, Rob Geraghty wrote:
Obscanning: What dpi do people scan at? I scan on the LS30 at 2700dpi then
change the dpi in the file without resampling before I print. Do others
scan at 300dpi (say) for the print output resolution? This isn't possible
AFAIK with Vuescan, but it
Paul wrote--
I've been researching for months about getting a medium format workstation
for my scanning work...
Basically the new 4000 dpi m/f scanners will output such large files that
handling them demands a new ball game in desktop systems: files of 500 to
700 Mb will be common at 4000 dpi,
The bothe the Imation slides and Ferrania (3M) C-41 negative scan very well in
VueScan. (I have not touched my NikonScan in ages.) I have not see much in the
way of scretches on the film/slides even under magnification in PS. There have
been some scratches but very, very few. Maybe one in one
Thanks for the info. I found that loading the latest Win2k ASPI drivers did
the trick for me.
SDM
From: "Colin Maddock" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: filmscanners: Re:Canon FS2710 and Windows 2000 SCSI not working
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 12:41:19
Duggal closed their downtown branch? Didn't know that, when did that
happen? I use the C-Lab as it's very close to me, but Color Edge, and
Duggal I have good experience with also. There are others I know by
reputation primarily, Ken Taranto, Ken Lieberman, Ken Horowitz (what's
with the
Just what size is are A4 and A3 prints? Also, I should note that I've often
heard/read people remark that they can print off scanned images up to such
and such size (e.g., 11"x14"), but I'm not always clear about just what size
the image is that is placed on the paper. What, for example, is the
PAUL GRAHAM wrote:
(Snip)
Basically the new 4000 dpi m/f scanners will output such large files that
handling them demands a new ball game in desktop systems: files of 500 to
700 Mb will be common at 4000 dpi, (in 16bit), and no doubt 6000 dpi will
come along soon for 35mm. If you do 5x4"
Even if the neg film was designed for tungsten lighting, and not shot
under those conditions, it could be corrected in both the prints and
slides which were made through filtration. Probably easier for them to
correct it at their lab than expect people who bought this stuff to even
know what
I found that the surface would "fracture"
if the paper was flexed in a tight circular curve, looking a bit like
the "crazing" or cracking of the glaze of an old teacup.
Yes, I had heard of this also; but my idea was specifically in response to
Tony's problem (e.g., making a print of his digital
From Epson Inkjet Mailing list Resources: http://home.att.net/~arwomack01/
A4 is 8.3" x 11.7"
A3 is 11.7" x 16.5"
Maris
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Hargens" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "Chris Hargens" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:43 AM
Basically the new 4000 dpi m/f scanners will output such large files
that
handling them demands a new ball game in desktop systems: files of 500
to
700 Mb will be common at 4000 dpi, (in 16bit), and no doubt 6000 dpi
will
come along soon for 35mm. If you do 5x4" - god help you.
I
Just what size is are A4 and A3 prints?
A3 is 297 x 420 mm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches
A4 is 210 x 297 mm, 8.26 x 11.69
Also, I should note that I've often
heard/read people remark that they can print off scanned images up to such
and such size (e.g., 11"x14"), but I'm not always clear about
A4 is 8.3" x 11.7"
A3 is 11.7" x 16.5"
For size (and weights) of paper in other sizes try
http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/weight.html (also a good site for printer
info and output comparison).
I've been using a Canon FS2710 for about 18 months. It works
well, but does tend to be noisy in the dark areas of slides. I've
heard good things about the Minolta Scan Dual II, and I am wondering
if it is noticeably superior to the Canon. At the moment they are the
same price, but the
I Have used the Canoscan with other scanners, but not the Minolta.
I have found using Vuescan with the Canoscan does wonders. Even basic scans
come out with less noise. Do a multi passes or the long exposure pass gives
me great scans - adding shadow detail and getting rid of shadow noise.
Tim A
I have had no problem with the orange mask... I guess either the minolta software
strips it it when making the scan (as a 16 bit linear negative scan) or PShop does
it on invert...
Mike M.
Jim Sharp wrote:
Michael
I will try this and see how it works for me. Is it much of a problem
getting
I whack a kodak Grey card in a scede,soot it ,remove it ,shoot again
then when photoshoping do the colour balence with the grey card shot
then transfer the settings to the cardless shot.
But the bottom line is to calibrate your monitor so that what you see is
what you get
wysiwyg.
More expense I
- Original Message -
From: "Tony Sleep" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: TBH the biggest problem with this route is that I have enough trouble
getting
: clients to pay for scans. Asking them to cough for 5x4 film output +
processing
: will be a blood-from-stone proposition -
I'd like an option for it to go BING when it finishes an operation, like
Photoshop or Toast. This is because it works very nicely (unlike any other
scanner software) in the background on my Mac and I'd like it to tell me
when it finishes something.
--
John Brownlow
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
Mark T wrote:
I've tried Celcast glossy *once* on an Epson 640, and it was useless - the
inks 'beaded' on the surface. Maybe it's just the 640's inks, but I won't
use the stuff.
Maybe it is the ink. On my 600 there is no detectable difference in the behaviour of
the ink - the prints look fine.
Based on the information I have gained from this list, I will scan it at Max
(2700) and then bring it to Print dpi level. The reason is that I archive at
maximum and so the file for print has to be reduced.
If I am scanning for someone else, I scvan for the use they will have. E.g. A
Power
I would guess that Ed will have it out before too long, if he fasn't already
done so.
Gordon
Mikael Risedal wrote:
VueScan 7.0 does not today support Nikon ED4000. I have been testing the ED
4000 scanner now for 2 weeks, and the only software today who support the
scanner is Nikon Scan
Is there a web site for them or a brand name?
Gordon
Arthur Entlich wrote:
Wilhelm does have some discussion of HP's wide carriage inks on his charts.
Jon Cone makes a medium range "archival" set which uses a mixture of
dyes and pigments as well, which is supposed to have a wide gamut, and
Thanks Ed !. 7.0.6 works GREAT ... with my flatbed HP 6200c
Sincerely.
Ezio
Too bad Ed isn't on the list as he could enlighten us.
Dale
From: "shAf" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anyone figured out how to use this color space option?? VS's
help file implies the resulting color space will be that of the
"device", BUT the profile is not embedded. How would you convert
My understanding is that, though without embedding it, this option uses the
scanner profile as selected in your graphics program in transferring the
image to the graphics program, and the graphics program would than embed
it's default/preferred color space in the image if it embeds such spaces as
No, you're not going to *have* to buy one. You can fly without shifting
gears. What I see is what I get and all I did to get was calibrate the
monitor and watch the numbers and pick the right printer profile from
several stock.
Maris
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Wilkinson"
I've been a bit slow answering this as I was meaning to do some tests of
my own, but as I haven't had the time...
As I understand it, one major factor is that a lot of motherboards only
cache a portion of the memory address space. Windows 95/98/ME have their
memory managed in such a way that
Bob wrote:
Most desktop printers do not print to the edge; they require some margin
space. For example Epson 1200 margins are listed as
top .12 in 3mm
bottom .55 " 14mm using standard printable area
left .12 " 3mm
right.35 " 9mm for letter legal
right.12 "
I found the following on the inkjetart.com website. This vendor
indicates that it has received only 8.5x11 in. paper in the 3rd
version thus far.
Special Handling Notice When Using
Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper
UPDATE January
I'd like an option for it to go BING when it finishes an operation, like
Photoshop or Toast. This is because it works very nicely (unlike any other
scanner software) in the background on my Mac and I'd like it to tell me
when it finishes something.
Coming up sometime? Vuescan has this option
- Original Message -
From: James L. Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Very good points Paul, and with the higher resolution scanners
coming on line
the computer resources will be required to meet the tasks. From the
information
I've seen about Microsoft's new OS, Windows XP, better management
Dave wrote:
Vat is dis vindows XP?
The next incarnation of Windoze. Check out http://www.microsoft.com and
you'll be able to real all the marketing hype.
Rob
Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://wordweb.com
on 3/27/01 7:23 PM, Dave King at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: James L. Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Very good points Paul, and with the higher resolution scanners
coming on line
the computer resources will be required to meet the tasks. From the
information
With 50 messages still in my queue from filmscanners, I'm sure someone has
already answered this, but just in case not:
A3: 297x420 mm (11.7"x16.5")
A4: 210x297 mm
Super A3/Super B: 329x483 mm (13"x19")
Frank Paris
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684
Goerf writes ...
shAf wrote:
Has anyone figured out how to use this color space option?? ...
I'm the one who has requested for this space.
Choosing this device space will disable all color space
conversions in Vuescan (like raw) but allows you to
perform the light/heavy/medium
Well, Margulis is a can of worms, in my opinion, unless you have a CMYK
workflow. One thing that might help is to set your output to sRGB in
Vuescan. sRGB seems to give more saturated image than AdobeRGB when
scanning with Vuescan, although I don't know why. Also make sure your
scanner is warmed
In fact I think none of the larger format papers are labeled with the
sticker, and one must rely on the lot number to tell. Apparently any
lot number ending in 1 is 3rd version.
Dave
- Original Message -
From: John Hayward at Hopco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday,
Mark T. wrote:
At 07:54 PM 27/03/01 +1200, Colin wrote:
Rob, why aren't you using Celcast paper? We find it pretty good here,
albeit more expensive than Epson.
I've tried Celcast glossy *once* on an Epson 640, and it was useless - the
inks 'beaded' on the surface. Maybe it's just the
I'd also be interested in replies to this. I noticed two things of
interest in regard to the Minolta Dimage Dual Scan II. One, here in
Canada, its backordered for up to two months due to demand.
2) I saw a bunch of refurbed units for same recently on "ubid", which
worried me, being that
Rob Geraghty wrote:
"Arthur Entlich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Glossy Photo Paper and Photo Glossy Paper. Although the difference is
not huge, the glossy film did provide better detail and deeper, less
posterized, color. (the samples were printed with Photo 700/750 models).
I'll
Michael Wilkinson wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Arthur Entlich" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(although test strips are available for C-41, I don't
: believe any of the manufacturers offer to read them)
Interesting. Even the one hour lab I ran had it's own densitometer, and
all lab
Tony Sleep wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:13:14 -0800 Arthur Entlich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
No, seriously, you might be running low on one ink,
Yup, the low ink warning light came on eventually.
Of course, that was after 10 off color prints, right? Epson does well
this way,
Another quick comment on how papers respond to Epson inks. I have
discovered that how the paper is stored, and the humidity level of the
location where the printing is done alter the paper response to the ink.
This is probably less an issue with thermal inkjet printers than
piezo, since
Laurie Solomon wrote:
(Something you Brits can certainly relate to.) ;-)
Senior moment Art? You are responding to my post not Tony's; and I am not
British. I am an "ugly American" by birth and nature, who does not use
teacups even for coffee. :-)
No, no, not a senior's moment
Thanks everyone for the quick and specific replies.
Chris Hargens
-Original Message-
From: Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: OT-ish Epson 1270, was Repro house..
With 50 messages still
But it doesn't with mine for some reason.
It scans a very small part of the top of the page and then stops. The
scanner (SCSI connection) works fine with the included HP software. Ed
- any suggestions as to the problem? I'm running NT4 sp6 (it did this
with all previous versions of VS using
Dave King wrote:
Vat is dis vindows XP?
I'm a little slow on the uptake, Dave but XP is what has been call
"Windows Whistler" in its beta form. It will be released sometime in the
latter half of this year. Microsoft says it's the first major development
since Windows 95 and is based on the
FYI the latest paper has a sticker that says "manufactured 2001" in the
right corner. The lot number is quite different BOLL51641 vs. BOCC00240-
- Original Message -
From: "John Hayward at Hopco" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject:
I'm going to give it about 2 years to disgorge its bugs and
then it may be fit for use. Microsoft's releases are akin to
good wine, generally they benefit by being aged.
-JimD
At 11:17 PM 3/27/01 -0600, James L. Sims wrote:
Dave King wrote:
Vat is dis vindows XP?
I'm a little slow on
OK, so you are going to make me work, eh?
the url for Jon Cone's site:
http://www.inkjetmall.com
Gordon Tassi wrote:
Is there a web site for them or a brand name?
Gordon
Arthur Entlich wrote:
Wilhelm does have some discussion of HP's wide carriage inks on his charts.
Jon Cone
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