Digital BW, The Print

Rodney,

You wrote:

>Is anyone using the Cone driver with the Sepia-VM inkset on 1160? ...

Don't use the Cone driver with the Sepia-VM.

What I did for Piezo software users is come up with a draft formula for a
cyan-position sepia ink.  (It is not simply the VM sepia toner.)  From the
base cyan-position sepia ink, the other sepia-tone inks in the
FS/Piezo-compatible system are simple dilutions, using the MIS clear base.

Here is a draft formula for a Piezo-driver-compatible FS-Sepia,
cyan-position ink.  Once you mix this you dilute it to make the FS-Magenta
and FS-Yellow (see below).  Or, if the sepia tone is too warm for you, mix
the FS-Sepia-cyan with the standard FS cyan-position gray to get the tone
you want, and then do the dilutions below.

FS-Sepia-Cyan = 20% VM/FS-K, 26% MIS Archival magenta (color pigment), and
54% MIS FS-yellow (the new, more fade-resistant yellow pigment).

Mix an FS magenta-position ink as follows:

    26% FS cyan and 74% MIS clear base.

Mix an FS yellow-position ink as follows:

    Method 1:  Y = 11% FS cyan, remainder clear base;

    Method 2:  Y = 43% FS magenta, remainder clear base.

So, this inkset is not one that a casual user would probably be ready to
experiment with.  A willingness to mix inks is needed.

If MIS hears that there is a lot of demand for a finalized product, I'd be
happy to fine-tune the formula.  So far, I have heard no interest from MIS
in the ink.

>And, am I correct in assuming there are *virtually no* changes in
>workflow if one uses the Full Spectrum-Neutral inkset with the Cone
>driver on 1160?

The various users should answer this.  However, I'll add that each ink has
it's own absorption, etc. characteristics.  So, nothing is exact.  However,
the variances I measure are less than the variances I've measured in
different samples of Piezo ink.  My printers also vary, with temperature
being one of a number of apparent factors.  So, nothing is exact here, but I
think the variances are within reasonable tolerances.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com