Copying Inkjets |
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| Hey,
guess what I stumbled across. I wonder if there are any other photo
restorers who have come upon the same wonderful secret. It seems that the
resolution of inkjet printers, at least my inkjet printer (the
Epson Stylus Photo 1280 printer) which retails for about $500.00 offers
good enough resolution to make a copy negative from, then print to a
photograph !
Honest ! I have found a way to bypass those expensive digital negatives which never measure up to my standards of sharpness, and tonality. The same is true for color files, although it takes longer to tweak the final print for color, and density. After scanning and restoring the photograph in any quality photo manipulation software like Photoshop, I print the file out, being careful to print it in RGB mode. Why RGB, you ask? Because, in RGB mode more of the subtle shades will be printed, many more than in grayscale mode. This, I believe is the key. Then I simply copy with a high quality camera and lens, develop the film, let it dry, and presto . . .you have a really good negative from which to print a genuine photograph. I have printed up to 11x14 in this manner with good results. |
Anybody
who has regularly spent money having expensive digital film recorder
negatives made of your files understands the frustration of looking at the
results with not a little disappointment. They are never as sharp as the
original, no matter how huge the file size, and the shades between white
and black are just never there. Color is a nightmare ! The prints I make from my copied inkjets
retain all the sharpness of the original that can be expected from the
classic copying technique, and the shades in the photos that were printed
with the RGB printing method, ensure that the results are far better than
the digital negative route. I don’t know how this works with other
brands of inkjet printers, but the way technology is advancing these days,
it must work with HP’s and others as well.
Try it, and let you be the judge. If you have an article to contribute, please send it via email to jpryts@aol.com for consideration. Contributors will receive a link to their page from their article or news item while it runs, and a permanent link on the article archive page, thereafter. If you wish, you can attach your item as a .doc or .txt file
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