Digital BW, The Print

bjornaagedk wrote:

> I have tried Lyson Quad inks for Epson 1290, and found that it
> gives a very good print on Lyson's glossy paper, a print that looks
> in the direction of  a traditional Multigrade BWprint.
> Deep blacks and everything..
> BUT - ONLY when prints are viewed in 5000 K daylight. In other
> words: Serious problems with metamerisms. In my opinion this
> is what makes the Lyson inks unusable for me.
>
Just a quick observation... The older Lyson Quad product (BG Quads) do 
suffer metamerism that can be evident on glossy papers, while matte 
papers tend to conceal the color change.  Those BG inks are an "old" 
technology inkset..

HOWEVER, apparently, the Small Gamut Quads (SG) do not suffer from the 
same metamerism..  If you need glossies, they, and possibly the Luminos 
Monokrome set, appear to be your best option -- excluding using pigment 
inks and spraying every glossy print to prevent ruboff..

I would suggest giving the Lyson SG inks a shot if you want glossy 
through matte options in a single non-metameristic inkset..

Thinking about it, what I'd like to see is a head-to-head comparison of 
the SG's and the Piezo setup... I don't own Piezo and am not about to 
buy it just to do one review..  Is one of you, particularly, perhaps 
,someone that had clog issues with Piezo, able to do such a comparison? 
I personally would love to see results comparing both -- including warm 
shifting, fading, printable media,  etc...

Given the issues with Piezo/Sundance/Cone, I haven't asked, but, I doubt 
anyone at Cone or Sundance will send me a copy of Piezo and sample inks 
for a 1270 head-to-head piece right now... (Besides, I'm swamped with 
articles and projects as it is..)

Any brave souls?

Keith
 
 




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