Digital BW, The Print

Michael J. Kravit wrote:

>I received a set of the final MIS FS Neutral inks ...
>... The MIS FS N print and the
>selenium toned silver print are almost indistinguishable. ...
>The MIS FS Neutral inks work as plug and play with ...
> the Piezo driver or RIP as well as the Colorbyte ImagePrint
>4 RIP.

>In all honesty, these inks make the best "inkjet" B/W prints I have
>seen.

Mike, glad you like them.

The FS-Neutral inkset should also warm-shift noticeably less than other
quads.  Note that MIS may not have these inks on its website, so a telephone
call may be needed to order them.  I expect the FS-N and VM-Sepia (which
uses the FS-N inks in the gray positions) will also be sold as bulk ink only
until MIS is convinced there is enough demand to justify loading carts.

STEPHEN JENNINGS wrote:

>I agree with you Michael; the process is simple and problem free.  The
>results are gorgeous.  After purchasing the Piezography software, switching
>from Piezo ink to MIS FS was the best decision I've made.

I will do what I can to get us two competing, yet relatively compatible,
systems.  I am supporting the Piezo/FS standard as well as the MIS VM
approach, based on the feedback from this forum.

There is a good chance that there will be formal RIP support for the MIS VM
system soon also.  With a true RIP and an easy way to profile papers, the VM
approach should have the ease of the Piezo software with the flexibility of
the VM approach.

Note also that I published a formula for sepia FS for the Piezo driver.  I
don't know if MIS will make it.  That us usually a question of demand --
meaning whether you folks want it.  If there is demand, I'll finalize the
inkset for MIS.

With the standard FS, neutral FS (which is a hair cool), and sepia FS -- all
with the same densities -- users of that system would have a range of ink
tones.  In addition to using them as is, they could be mixed to produce
intermediate tones.  Because the densities of each ink position would be the
same, mixing ratios would not be critical.  I find that by just counting
drops of ink into a bottle cap, mixing it, and swabbing it onto my paper of
choice, I can determine the appropriate ratio for mixing two inks.

One of my next projects is to get a black ink that is neutral and warms
less.  I'm not sure it is possible to improve the MIS VM black, but I'm
going to give it a try.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com