Digital BW, The Print

David,

You wrote:

>... The cart switching idea sounds good to me.

It's more practical than multiple printers unless you are in business and
have a fair volume of printing.  Ultimately, to much switching and cleaning
will lead to a required servicing of the printer to clean it.

>I guess if I order in bulk I could just get the vm yellow  and
>magenta plus the full fs inkset (?). ...

I think so.  You could also just get the VM-Sepia and try the neutral end of
its range to see if you really need the FS-Neutral and Piezo driver at all.
If you do, then you could order the FS-N  yellow and magenta position inks.

>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.

I use EAM for 16x20.  I cut it from a 24" roll.  In fact, contrary to
conventional wisdom, I've found I can just slice 17" off the 24" roll and
feed it into the 3000.  (Some say you must feed the paper in the direction
it was designed for to keep the "bias" correct.)

I do reduce the curl by slicing off the 17" strips a day before and putting
them under a paper box to reduce the curl a bit.  (I'm experimenting with
different ways to reduce the curl.  Dampening the paper seems to help in
this regard.  So the last time I used a hand sprayer to dampen blotter
papers that I sandwiched the EAM between.  The I let the pile dry on drying
screens.  Next time I'll probably just spray the back of the EAM and have it
hang to dry with weights on the bottom holding it straight.  The flattening
procedure is clearly a work in progress.)

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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>
> You wrote:
>...
>
> >... 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.  ...

> >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