Digital BW, The Print

Jim-

I'm using Lyson ink in a 1160, so some comments may not apply.

You might want to try the small gamut...the default settings seem to 
me to be a perfect match to the Quad neutral and you have the 
flexibility to warm it up or cool it off if you choose to.

The semi gloss and gloss papers are the areas where you get your bang 
for the buck with the dye inks. I think you will be very happy with 
everything from Epson premium photo gloss, pictorico high gloss white 
film (my favorite), and they lyson papers all do well. You will not 
have much success printing on uncoated fine art papers which work so 
well with pigment inks, so avoid them, but there are plenty of coated 
fine art papers that look terrific.

Just in the last couple of weeks, lyson started selling bulk ink (at 
least for the first time in USA) and if you are going to dedicate 
your printer to BW, this is the way to go...once you recover the cost 
of the CIS unit, the ink is about 85% less expensive in bulk.

Good luck... I'm sure you will love this inkset...it's the best way 
to print anything glossy by far (IMHO<g>)

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "joffbroadway" 
<joffbroadway@y...> wrote:
> I have a new (used) Epson1200 in perfect shape and have 
> ordered the Lyson Quad neutral inkset and cleaning cartridges.  
> How do I get off on the right foot with this set-up?  I want to do 
> fine art printing on a great thick cotton rag satin surface paper 
> and also production portrait photography on a semi-gloss resin 
> photo paper.
> 
> Hope I don't sound too stupid, or have made the question too 
> general.
> 
> Jim