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Photo Forum / Photo Technique / Nature Photography / February 2005Photo touch-up
I've started printing with an Epson 2200. Sometimes I find a tiny (e.g., pinpoint) scratch in the photo, revealing white paper underneath. I've seen colored pens/pencils used to touch up C-prints: Will these work for inkjet prints? What will, and where can I get them? -- - Alan Justice >I've started printing with an Epson 2200. Sometimes I find a tiny (e.g., >pinpoint) scratch in the photo, revealing white paper underneath. I've seen >colored pens/pencils used to touch up C-prints: Will these work for inkjet >prints? What will, and where can I get them? Marshall makes touch up inks, but with an inkjet printer it's easier to just enlarge your file to 100% and move about the screen looking for the "scratches" in your file and fixing them with the clone tool. Sorry. I meant actual scratches on the print. The file is fine. I have gotten the impression that the MediaStreet inks are a little more fragile. Marshall who? -- - Alan Justice >I've started printing with an Epson 2200. Sometimes I find a tiny (e.g., >pinpoint) scratch in the photo, revealing white paper underneath. I've seen >colored pens/pencils used to touch up C-prints: Will these work for inkjet >prints? What will, and where can I get them? Marshall makes touch up inks, but with an inkjet printer it's easier to just enlarge your file to 100% and move about the screen looking for the "scratches" in your file and fixing them with the clone tool. > Marshall who? Go to Google and type in "marshall retouching" and you'll see many places selling these inks. > I meant actual scratches on the print. The file is fine I would just reprint it and toss the scratched print myself ... it's a PITA to retouch. > I have gotten the impression that the MediaStreet inks are a little > more fragile You bought a 2200 and are using 3rd party inks? I expect to see a post soon about clogging :) Bill Clogging, huh. MediaStreet was reccommended by someone who uses it all the time. After the initial investment, it is a lot less expensive. It does seem that I get banding more frequently than with Epson ink. I just do a nozzle clean before I start, and so far that seems okay. Have you heard of something more serious? -- - Alan Justice > Marshall who? Go to Google and type in "marshall retouching" and you'll see many places selling these inks. > I meant actual scratches on the print. The file is fine I would just reprint it and toss the scratched print myself ... it's a PITA to retouch. > I have gotten the impression that the MediaStreet inks are a little > more fragile You bought a 2200 and are using 3rd party inks? I expect to see a post soon about clogging :) Bill > Sometimes I find a tiny (e.g., pinpoint) scratch in the photo, > revealing white paper underneath Alan, a lot of people report problems like this with the coated fine art papers, what can sometimes happen is that the coating flakes a bit and sits on the surface of the paper, then after it's printed the flake falls off, leaving a white spot. Hahnemehule Photo Rag is a paper that's famous for this, for example (and at $6/sheet it's not cheap either). Some people recommend brushing the surface with a fine brush before printing to get these flakes off. Dunno if that's your problem or if it's scuffing after the printing, but typically scuffing doesn't cause the fine pin-point pricks that flaking does. Bill >I've started printing with an Epson 2200. Sometimes I find a tiny (e.g., >pinpoint) scratch in the photo, revealing white paper underneath. I've seen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >-- >- Alan Justice I remember having a similar problem working with an older photograph. If you have a graphics tool (I use Paint Shop Pro) you can "clone" the scratch meaning that you can cover it by copying other parts of the picture and pasting it over the scratch! Rose http://members.aol.com/Roseb44170/home.html "How in the heck did I ever get talked into this?" That works fine for a digital image. I'm talking about scratches on the hardcopy. -- - Alan Justice > >I've started printing with an Epson 2200. Sometimes I find a tiny (e.g., > >pinpoint) scratch in the photo, revealing white paper underneath. I've seen [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://members.aol.com/Roseb44170/home.html > "How in the heck did I ever get talked into this?" |
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