Digital BW, The Print

Paul and Mike (others),

Is there a forumla available to make FS-N inks from FS inks. I have a 
set of FS and VM (both HEX) inks, and would love to experiment to 
make FS-N inks. Thank you for your work

Shilesh Jani

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 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