Digital BW, The Print

> dilcher [mailto:dilcher@...] wrote:
> 
>> ... having trouble  deciding between Piezo and MIS
methods.
>> ...Piezography is supposed to have a driver which
makes a substantial
>> difference in printing.  Is this so?
> 
> You will get a variety of opinions on this, I'm
sure.  Mine is that the
> Piezo driver does, in fact, make smoother prints on
older quad printers, but
> not on newer hextone printers.  Nonetheless, while I
have the Piezo driver
> and the older quad printers, I still prefer the
Epson driver.  The
> differences in smoothness are not enough to be
relevant to my decision.


I have used both the Piezography driver and the
various MIS workflows. For me, the greatest difference
is the superior tonal separation of Piezography in the
shadows regions. Not yet have any of the alternative
methods been able to equal the separation of tone in
the shadows regions.

However this may not be of importance according to
your level of quality expectation. I have found
several Piezographers who prefer to have the shadows
regions appear all black. My preference is to go
beyond that of the silver print in tonal fidelity of
shadows. Piezography does this and it is a quality
that I prefer. Also - there is a better highlights
definition.

Like I have mentioned some photographers do not have
the same corresponding judgment of quality criteria. I
argue that Piezography is able to produce a level
above the silver print. They argue that getting close
to a silver print is all that is necessary of inkjet.
I am certain that my printing is of a higher concept
than theirs. For me it matters.

-della 



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