Re: Archiva Inks (was Generation Inks)

[Dave King <kingphoto@mindspring.com>]

Interesting post Murry,

Which paper(s) do you prefer with the Archiva?  Please let us know how your
further tests go, and how the WiziWYG profiles work for you.

Dave

>> Also, I have heard that pigmented inks do not have the transparency
>> necessary for true photographic output. What is the experience on this
>score
>> with Generations?
>
>My 2 cents:
>
>I am using Generations with the newer black in a 700 and on photographic
>images I am having a hard time so far on Mediastreet dual sided matte.  I
>have a portrait of a couple taken outside and there is a white fence in the
>background.  The fence is out of focus with the attention on the couple.
>You can see green grass through the slats of the fence. Where the green
>blends to the white of the fence slats where it is blurred and out of focus
>and also with some brown, the Generations seems to not be able to handle
>this transition. It looks like a transition you might get on an uncoated
>paper. Also, where brown and black are mixed, such as in hair, there seems
>to be a little of this problem, as well as not seeming as detailed. I think
>this has to be the transparency problem with pigmented ink. I still need to
>try to profile this paper and ink with WiziWyG as I have not tried that yet.
>
>    I have printed this image on my Ex with Epson ink and the same paper
>without this problem.  My 1160 with Archiva ink beats them both on this
>paper and with this image. Now, the new black of MediaStreets is very black.
>I wonder if it because of this new formulation that I am having this
>problem?  Or just because it is pigmented? I did not try their old black. It
>seems like the new black will need to be cut back somewhat in order to get
>any detail as it is BLACK.
> To be fair, I have only tried this ink on MediaStreets dual sided matte
>which I like very much. I would think that on their own paper, this combo
>would work better.
>
> With my limited testing so far, I am leaning much more toward settling on
>Archiva ink all around.  It prints very well on everything that I have tried
>so far. This image on the 1160 with Archiva at 4 x 5 is visibly better than
>my Ex on this paper with oem inks! (sharper and more detailed even with 4
>inks - sorry Rafe!  You will be happier with Archiva than Generations)
>
> I was planning on using the Generations in my 3000 as I think it would be
>great in that printer for larger and more painterly type images as well as
>photographic. But, I prefer to settle on one ink and will probably use
>Archiva in it as well as most of my images are portraits.  For smaller
>photographic work the combo of the 1160 and Archiva can't be beaten, except
>perhaps with the 900 and Archiva. (Mile High)
>
>So, I may have a full 6 color set of Generations ink with the new black (8
>ounce) for sale soon if any one is interested.  8-)
>Also, a set of unused oem Epson 3000 cartridges.
>
>But, first more testing...
>
>Regards,
>Murray Zaharia
>Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
>Anything in Latin sounds profound.
>
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