Digital BW, The Print

Tom and others,

OK, here are my thoughts.

I have been awaiting Cones selenium inks for almost a year. Reminds 
me of Vaporware the software people are constantly announcing. So 
with that in mind here is my justification for my statements.

1. In the 9 months that I printed with the Piezo ink set my printer 
built up sludge. The Piezo inks clog many printers and I experienced 
a very serious clogging problem. Many people using these inks and the 
7000 and I did claimed they did not have this problem. Later I found 
out that they did not print anywhere near the 1500 images that I did 
within the same 6 month period. Now, almost 8 months later I have 
read on another list that these people are also having sludge buildup 
problems.

2. Piezo inks appear to have a green cast. Not everyone sees this, 
but using a color densitometer measuring the RGB curves, it seems 
that the Piezo inks do indeed have a green component that breaks away 
and down from the red and blue H&D curve lines. I don't want green 
prints. Placing a Piezo print next to a platinum print the tonal 
range was very similar, but in juxtaposition you can really see 
the "green tint".

3. I could no longer wait for a neutral inkset that did not clog my 
printer. Cone promised he would be releasing a newly formulated ink 
that would not clog and would be neutral. I had hoped it would be 
released earlier this year. Never came on the market.

4. I wanted a flexible printing system that I could have papers 
profiled for without depending on the manufacturer to release his 
proprietary ICQ profiles as and when "He" wanted to.

5. Enter Colorbyte Software. I purchased the ImagePrint 4 RIP. The 
first version I received would up with a bug or two, but the 
developer sent me a newer version that fixed the problem I was 
having. I am using this RIP with the MIS FS inks. The densities of 
the MIS FS inks are for all intents and purposes identical to Piezo 
inks. I have been running the MIS FS inks for the better part of 6 
months. My heads, dampers and waste ink station look as clean as the 
day they were replaced. The MIS FS inks have not clogged my machine. 
I have had to do the ocassional cleaning cycle, but that is it. This 
is a big advantage for me. Sometimes I print all weekend and then do 
not print for days.

PART 2 to follow
Enter the MIS FS Neutral Inks.

Mike

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> wrote:
> Mike-
> Now that I've seen one of your prints, I am even more ready to 
follow your advice !!!
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> TomOC@y...
> www.thomasoconnell.com