Digital BW, The Print

On 6/26/02 8:55 AM, "Lawrence Smith" <lsmith@...> wrote:

> On 6/26/02 11:40 AM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
> 
>> Morning Robert,
>> 
>> I hope there will be a Piezotone ink print in the next exchange. I do
>> want to see one.
>> 
>> Still, I wouldn't go back to a piezo driver, or cone's inks.  I'll wait
>> and see what the epson 2200 has to offer. I may be needing a color
>> printer soon, and I don't print nearly as many color pix, so maybe I
>> could live with the cost of the epson inks.  We'll have to see how much
>> they are at atlex.
>> 
>> Jerry
> 
> 
> I have a B&W print on Somerset Velvet from a 7600 in from of me.  While it
> is quite good.  It is not as good as the quad and hextone prints I have made
> and seen from either the Cone inks (I'm now using the Piezotones and I love
> them) or the MIS VM ink that I used to use.  I still have not decided if I
> will take delivery or not.  I'm actually leaning toward a 7000 or 7500 and
> the new piezotones.  I believe its too much to ask that a single multi
> purpose printer do b&w as well as a dedicated B&W printer.
> 
> Lawrence

Thanks Lawrence,

I've heard vacillating opinions on this...most seem to think that quad
printing is better.  Personally for small format printers I have no problem
maintaining multiple machines for BW and color.  I have a 7000 now for quad
printing...I don't do large color work so the little 1270/1280's or 2200
would be fine for that.  Given epson's matte black dmax numbers...its easy
to slay them with the new inks with a variety of drivers.  Somerset Enhanced
(which would give better blacks than Velvet...are you sure its not somerset
enhanced velvet?) has always been a poor BW paper with pigments in my
opinion...it just has a really nice hand.

Robert