Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-17 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DM> I'm not too worried about this as the results I've had have been quite DM> good despite some gamut clipping (particularly blues and yellows) as my DM> source images exceed the limits of sRGB. If I was looking for fine-art There is this webpage which has diagram of the gamut of Frontier and No

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-16 Thread David Mann
On May 17, 2004, at 2:16 AM, William Robb wrote: There is really no such thing as a "profile" in this instance. Really, find out what colour spaces the lab recognizes, and choose the one that is best for you. If they can't tell you, then the default profile to use is sRGB. In the case of my lab, th

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
>> I would appreciate that. If there are separate profiles for matte WR> and >> glossy paper I would like to get hold of both. WR> There is really no such thing as a "profile" in this instance. WR> Really, find out what colour spaces the lab recognizes, and choose WR> the one that is best for you

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-16 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DM> I would appreciate that. If there are separate profiles for matte and DM> glossy paper I would like to get hold of both. Today I am getting wedding proofs from them, so I will ask. DM> My friend uses Profile Prism, which first profiles your scanner then DM> uses that to profile your printer.

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-15 Thread David Mann
On May 15, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: I can ask my lab which has very competent staff if their D-LAB has an softproofing ("printer") profile for use on my computer. I can send you one too, if they have. I would appreciate that. If there are separate profiles for matte and glossy pa

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-15 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
WR> I can't get any of this info from Noritsu. All they were able to tell WR> me is that the machine presumes everything is sRGB. WR> They have their own profiling system for monitor balance, it seems to WR> very closely match the monitor balance I get from my Pantone Spyder WR> thingie. It can mu

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-15 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
DM> The output profile will be kept internally on the machine and I don't DM> know if you'll be likely to get your hands on it. I certainly couldn't DM> - I don't even know if Agfa used an ICC workflow in their machine, or I too would think they have CMS of their own design. But at least Fuji rel

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-14 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
>> Or we could compare the >> generic Frontier ICC profiles Fuji provides with profiles from WR> Noritsu >> and others, if any are for download. WR> sRGB is the standard profile used by the industry. sRGB is only a working profile, as I understand it. You are right that most digilabs assume the

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Frantisek Vlcek" Subject: Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) Anybody > knows which device has the widest gamut (perhaps on which paper as > well) ? They are all 8 bit per colour channel printers. It doesn't

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-14 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
My lab uses Agfa D-lab 2, I think. It does have a worse scanning unit than Frontier, but that doesn't matter as I bring digital files in, not negatives. And time to time I use another lab with Frontier 350. Maybe the frontier is better, but the lab with Agfa is just more professional. They have bet

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread Bill Owens
Frontier 375 or Epson 725. Bill - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) > > - Original Message -

RE: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread Rob Brigham
now... > -Original Message- > From: Anand DHUPKAR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 May 2004 22:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) > > > --so, you are using canon printer

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread Anand DHUPKAR
--so, you are using canon printer with epson paper ? there is no compatibility problem !! that's an interesting point... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 07:44:

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread wendy beard
> > Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing their *istD images > with? I use an Epson 2000P. I also have an Olympus P-400 (like Dave). Am seriously considering either the HP 7960 or Epson R800 as well to be a general purpose printer for other documents (I have an HP Deskjet 970

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-13 Thread brooksdj
> > Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing their *istD images > with? I use a Canon S800 with a BJC8200 as a backup. Paper used is Ilfords Classic Gloos/Pearl and Epson Glossy. I recently bought an Olympus P-400 dye-sub.The few test prints

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Timothy Sherburne" Subject: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) > > Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing their *istD images > with? Noritsu 3101 William Robb

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-12 Thread Herb Chong
Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) > I used to have an Epson (Stylus Photo EX) but when it croaked, the > frequent head clogging put me off Epsons.

RE: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-12 Thread Rob Brigham
May 2004 22:11 > To: Pentax Discussion List > Subject: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR) > > > > Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing > their *istD images with? > > Right now I'm using an aging HP 970 Cxi, which is oka

Re: Inkjet recommendations (WAS: Re: Pentax High End DSLR)

2004-05-12 Thread Bruce Dayton
Agfa D-Lab (my local lab) and sometimes my home HP 7350. Once in a while the Sam's Club Fuji Frontier. Bruce Wednesday, May 12, 2004, 2:10:41 PM, you wrote: TS> Which brings up a good question: What are folks printing their *istD images TS> with? TS> Right now I'm using an aging HP 970 Cxi,