Digital BW, The Print

At 06:45 PM 3/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>> 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 
>

Della,

I too am fascinated by the amazing tonality of the piezo blacks. For me,
just because they are there doesn't in any way demand that they be printed
in order to reach some sort of craft holy grail.  Ah, but the quest! Just in
case I ever wanted to get all the blacks to show up - the ones visible when
you hold the print in front of a lamp - what is your recommendation?  My
guess is that it is almost entirely the choice of paper. Matte paper kills
low contrast and pigment inks don't work on gloss so what then?

AZ
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