Digital BW, The Print

I go with Martin's advice on the printer and driver. You may want to 
wait on the CIS system (for the 1280 which has a chip on the carts, 
you definitely want the nomorecarts flavor available from the sources 
he lists plus InkJetArt.com) so you can try both the piezo driver 
with FS ink or switch out to MIS VM ink with Paul's curves.

To me the difference is that the piezo is much more cookie 
cutter...it has all the profiles for papers and pretty basic settings 
that always produce something I like. With Paul's curves, you have a 
lot more control...even though it isn't as easy to be totally 
consistent, you can really make EXACTLY the print you want.

The other feature that endears me to the piezo driver is that it uses 
the photoshop export module which prints 2x to 3x faster than the 
Epson driver.

The chipped cart on the 1280 does allow you to switch carts, but you 
probably want to stay with extremely compatible inks (FS and VM would 
fit this definition). You really don't want to switch back and forth 
more than you have to, though, because you introduce more possible 
glitches like air bubbles etc. Once you have the CIS installed, 
changing inks is a significantly bigger job. 

Try some carts and then settle on one setup as a commitment of the 
printer would be my advice.

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "dilcher" <dilcher@y...> 
wrote:
> I am thinking of jumping into inkjet printing, and am having 
trouble 
> deciding between Piezo and MIS methods.  I understand that 
> Piezography is supposed to have a driver which makes a substantial 
> difference in printing.  Is this so?  I saw this link:
> http://www.piezography.com/piezographyBW-comp-mis.html
> but, don't know if it is a fair comparison.
> 
> Can anyone give me advice?  I have set aside about $1400 for an 
> inkjet printing system, and want to make sure I get the most bang 
for 
> my buck!