Digital BW, The Print

Steadman,

I fully agree that Piezo technology is quitre good, in fact it has
progressed to the point of being very good. However, as a member director of
a Photography Center and Museum I must tell you that I have yet to see a
Piezo print that can match the quality of a fine silver or platinum print.
They are getting quite close, but there are some pretty good silver printers
out there. I would venture to say that it will still be a while for the
paper coatings and inks to be able to replicate the "glow" and lunminescence
of a Michael Kenna or John Sexton print.

Just my thoughts my firnd.

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] For Della On Shadows


> Hello Della,
>
> I found your observations of the shadow detail using Piezo versus silver
> prints very interesting.
>
> I think what happens is a natural "bias" to the medium which one has
> "learned" and lived with for a long time.  The esthetics of a silver
printer
> are probably indelibly (to use an ink term) marked by a need to have "deep
> blacks" and not so much a revel in the revealing shadows.
>
> I agree that the Piezo shadow detail can be spectacular...drawing one into
a
> print in a new way.
>
> Thanks for posting your views...I enjoyed reading them.
>
> Steadman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "della ellingson" <dellaellingson@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: <dilcher@...>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:45 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Piezo vs MIS question
>
>
> > > 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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