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alan802 · July 24th, 2008

We are using an epson r1800 with accurip and are getting almost techstyler type quality. We considered the oyo when our film positives were terrible but decided to work with what we had. We were having problems with our film and troubleshooted every possible area and finally got a trial version accurip and then our film quality was unbelievable.

Then we started having issues with our film ink pealing off onto the emulsion after we exposed because we stopped using the carrier sheets and started taping directly to the screen. Now we fixed that little problem and we can output high quality positives that will last a long time. We are using onefilm WP from davis international. Good film for the price.

I don't have any experience with the epson 4000 but we have a 4800 we use for sublimation jobs. Our 1800 is fairly slow but that is because we are using a high resolution setting and get perfect clean edges so it is worth the wait. It takes about 5 minutes for a standard full size image to print. Even though it takes a while to print we rarely have to wait around for film.

Keep us informed what you find out.

ImageIt · July 24th, 2008

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Originally Posted by cvreeland


	I've got a Richmond Solarbeam, with a good tight vacuum and a 3000 watt metal halide bulb.

The undercutting you describe has a cause. I've got a similar setup and don't have the problem. If the film is the problem, you should see it with a magnifying glass. When i pushed too much ink though my epson to film, the surface tension effect cause weird problems. At the level of ink i apply now, the coating is very uniform. While the density isn't as high as film, it was easy to calibrate the exposure to use the less dense film.

Another option to consider is picking up a used imagesetter. I've seen some crazy good deals on some crazy bit imagesetters. The cost of film for an imagesetter is about the same as inkjet film and ink. The main reason i'm using an inkjet is the small form factor. A selectset would need and entire room.

The advantage of "real film" over any inkjet is that that it is 100% pinhole free.

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