Printer for fine art
Printer for fine art
- Subject: Printer for fine art
- From: Greg Prior <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 10:29:56 -0700
Have you considered the Colorspan printers? They are designed for art
prints. I have been using their Giclee printer (now I would use the Esprit)
with great success on canvas, watercolor, and photo papers. They also have
a camera technology that identifies and corrects for mis-firing jets, does
head alignment, etc. Their dye inks are also top-rated by Wilhelm for
longevity (75-80 years on Arches).
-Greg Prior
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David B. Miller wrote:
I sure learn a lot on the exchange of ideas. I realize I know less and
less the more I study the discussions.
My lab has been doing fine art printing the optical/traditional way for
many years, now using Fujifilm's Crystal Archive Paper.
My next step, digital, was and still is printing with the Fujifilm
Pictrography 4000. (I realize there is a question of how long an image
will last using the PG4000) For images larger than 12in x 18in I ftp
images to an IPI (Independent Photo Imagers) member, in Salem, OR., and
he prints my files out on a Durst Epsilon, to, again, Fujifilm Crystal
Archive paper. However his setup is strictly sRGB.
I am prepared to purchase an inkjet printer. The time has come. Even
though there are some excellent printers in my town, including an Epson
10K, color management is not a priority with the owners/operators.
Therefore, outlabing to my local colleagues has proven ineffective.
And, as I said above, sRGB is the working space that the owner of the
Durst Epsilon, uses. I use ColorMatch RGB and want to continue the
gamut available in this editing space.
I use the Mac OS 9.2.2 platform.
I have trial prints from my files from the Epson 10K, using pigmented
inks. Lustre heavy weight paper. Metamerism is there. (I have
been considering waiting for the next generation 10K, which would use
the Ultrchrome inks)
This coming week I will try the HP 5000 PS. However, it appears that
HP says to use the premium glossy paper to get the best photographic
results. For my customers, I will need to print on canvas, and water
color paper, as well as a matte or lustre paper, not glossy.
A sign shop wants me to use their Roland Hi-Fi model FJ 500, to do fine
art printing. So far the results are worthless. I spoke with the
Roland people in Orange county, CA, and they are sending me some
profiles and a print that is on glossy paper. Roland is apparently
adamant I use glossy paper, and the limitations of their software
prevents me from creating custom icc profiles unless I use the Gretag
MacBeth profiling software. Roland tells me matte paper will not give
me the finest photographic images.
F*L*A*A*R is saying the HP 5000 is their 'flagship' printer. However I
have not read the FLAAR report carefully enough to understand if they
use other than glossy paper.
You folks are great!
Comments please.
David B. Miller, Pharm. D.
Millers' Photography L.L.C. d.b.a.
Spinnaker Photo Imaging Centers
Bellingham, WA 98225
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