... Cigarette Free. But today I am missing them.
Other than that - orders for prints - especially the smaller ones are coming in from overseas. Last night I added Belgium. Yes, Belgium - tomorrow -- who knows, maybe New Jersey.
It's just that I don't want to tinker with the cart code to internationalize it, so I end up doing it country by country. Brilliant.
What else: I'm printing everything on the Silver Rag (small prints included). I've been doing two at a time on the roll paper without a problem. The roll paper is by far the cheapest way to go, because you can usually fit the image to the paper so you aren't using extra paper. The only thing that annoys me is that before I do any final printing - and if I haven't used the 4800 for a day or two - then I want to print a test pattern. But that means pulling out the roll paper, using the paper tray - and eventually going back to threading the roll paper through.
I guess there's just no way around that - you've got one paper path at that point and if the roll paper is threaded - then you can't use sheet feed. So what you want is automated feeding. I think that will be a long wait. Automated roll threading for you Epson 1MG.
And I decided that as far as having too many pictures - you may be right, but I'm going to keep going with it until I hit 150 online images for sale (that was my first goal).
I have them tagged by keyword, so at some point I'll categorize them. I always hate that:
PEOPLE : PLACES : THINGS
STILL LIFE : STREET SHOTS : NATURE
I don't know how to categorize my shots. I don't even see the point. No, I think most people would prefer to just browse through 'em all.
2 comments:
Hi Dave,
One option to consider for smaller prints is an Epson C8x or R2xx with a dedicated B&W inkset from MIS Associates.
I get excellent (to my eye) results with my C86 and MIS "EZ" inks. The only issue is that thicker paper stocks must be hand "coddled" in the sheet feeder, so printing a batch might be more trouble than it's worth, relative to using your 4800.
Anyway, if you're curious, try a Google search on "paul roark digital black white". Paul Roark is the retired scientist/B&W printer who designs the MIS inks gratis.
Note - I haven't tried the new Silver Rag in my printer yet, so I can't speak for results with that. That will be my next purchase after I run out of Hahn. Photo Rag.
(As usual - no affiliation other than being a satisfied customer.)
Mitch
Lester - please contact me offline and let me know what your fee is. I think you may be onto something.
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