Digital BW, The Print

Very interesting Mike, I just got a new 7000 and was considering the 
Piezo and imageprint RIP software to run with my MIS sepia/neutral 
inksets. Haven't tried the FS inks. Will be very interested in 
following this thread.

Bruce McElhaney 
McElhaney Photography Studio
Livonia, MI


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit" 
<michael.kravit@w...> wrote:
> 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