Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nope - It's an excellent color printer that also does 'real' black and white. It's pretty much the only such beast on the market. All the other produce b&w with a color cast. With allot of fiddling some people do pretty well with other printers - but this one produces black and white with a single click on that setting. AND it's got a Wilhelm rating of something above 108 years for print longevity in blackk and white, which, I believe, is better than today's silver prints. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan C Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:42 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Put your print where your mouth is (aka Is B.D. crazy?) Is this the printer that is strictly b/w? -dan c. At 09:04 PM 03-12-04 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >Thanks, Eric - Great image to work with, btw...But I have to say that >even I was amazed. I think Eric's right - if the paper was the same, I >think a loupe would be required to tell them apart. Now, if hp will >just get it's act together and come out with an 11x17 or 13x19 version >of this printer..:-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Eric >Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 7:41 PM >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] Put your print where your mouth is (aka Is B.D. >crazy?) > > >B.D. wrote: > >>Nope. But they should look essentially the same. >>I'm happy to do a swap with you - contact me off-list. > >This is from the thread Richard started about whether or not to set up >a darkroom. B.D. raved about his HP 7960. So, I sent B.D. a silver >print made from a digital file and the digital file itself. He made a >few prints on his 7960 and sent them back. > >Wow. > >I'm not sure I could tell them apart in a blind test. The paper is >slightly different, but it's hard to tell any difference in the image >quality. I'm impressed. > >Thanks for taking the time to do this, B.D. I'm convinced. > >-- >Eric >http://canid.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information