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Re: [Digital BW] Fed up with Piezography

2002-03-20 by Alan Zinn

At 02:10 PM 3/20/2002 -0000, you wrote:
>Bought Piezo B&W package (including CIS) for a dedicated 1160 a year 
>ago.
>
>One day cloged, the next day banding, the day after a strong blue 
>shift on glossy papers, etc...
>
>And these warm tones... How can it be considered as a black and white 
>print?
>
>As a result, a couple of prints acceptable, hundreds of $ spent, and 
>a huge frustration concerning a digital solution for B&W prints.
>
>Is there any other solution, more efficient (it should be easy when I 
>read the last comments in the NG about Cone and Piezography) and less 
>expensive?
>
>Is MIS quadtones and Paul's curves the way to go?
>
>JYRiggs

JY

With your piezo software, 1160 printer and MIS FS inks you should have no
problems at all. Make step wedge tests for your papers (re-read page 22 of
the piezo manual!) and you should be cooking in no time. I have never had a
clog with MIS ink - air bubbles yes, but zero clogs.  

AZ
Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.

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