Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your response. The cart switching idea sounds good to me. 
I guess if I order in bulk I could just get the vm yellow  and 
magenta plus the full fs inkset (?). I think the warmer tone would be 
for larger images anyhoo so that would work.

Now, you say you printed 16x20 and I know you have curves for EAM so 
I have to ask (?) which paper do you use for the large print.

Thank you so much for all the work you've put into this subject,

Regards,

David Hatton


> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >A beautiful rendition. Stunning light and atmosphere.
> >Well done indeed!
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> >... How does the inkset you used behave using Piezo?
> 
> The Piezo driver can't vary the tone, and with this inkset it will 
give a
> very bad distribution of tones.  The toner in a 3000 is in the 
yellow cart,
> which is the lightest gray ink in the Piezo system.  So, you'd end 
up with
> sepia highlights and Piezo color midtones.
> 
> >Could I use Piezo for neutral prints and your curves for
> >alternatives? I currently have only a 3000.
> 
> The new FS-Neutral and the VM-Sepia use the same black and cyan 
inks.  So,
> you could simply switch the yellow and magenta ink carts, do 3 
cleaning
> cycles and have the new inkset pretty much ready to go.
> 
> Or, you could mix the FS-Sepia and use the Piezo driver.  I've 
published a
> rough formula for the FS-sepia.  It is a bit stronger than what I 
used for
> the Mission print, but its gamut can be reduced to whatever you 
like by
> mixing the inks with standard MIS FS inks.
> 
> Of course, it's a lot easier just to use the MIS VM-sepia inkset 
and not
> mess with changing inks.  The inkset produces a very neutral 
grayscale with
> the toner withheld.  So, the range of the VM-Sepia is real 
impressive --
> neutral to sepia and everything in between.
> 
> Whether you would be happy with the 3000's driver is a question of 
how
> sensitive you are to dots.  For my 16x20s the Epson dots are 
irrelevant.
> For small prints, I might not be as happy with the 3000 and the 
Epson
> driver.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com