Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> >... the different manufacturers
> >providing the inks and also the 4-color 6-color difference.
> 
> >... I am trying to keep the cost as low as possible, so Piezo is
> >prolly out of the question, MIS, with its workflows and
> >new FS and neutral tones sounds better for me (and my wallet).
> 
> >... here in Australia 1160 are easy to get
> >compared with 1200, however if hextone offers far
> >superior quality then I
> >don't mind spending a bit of time finding a 1200.
> 
> While some can see the difference in quality between the 1160 and 
the
> hextones, I prefer the quads -- 1160 and 3000.  They are more 
flexible and
> easier to load inks into.
> 
> With the variable-tone inks, the quads don't have a "light" toner 
position.
> Thus, some see the toner dots in the highlights.  At viewing 
distance and
> normal viewing conditions, I don't see them.  At very close 
inspection I do.
> I think the differences with real world prints is minor.  Others may
> disagree.
> 
> With the FS inks, which have a very light gray and no toner, I 
really doubt
> anyone can tell the difference between an 1160 and 1200 output.
> 
> If you ever want to play with the Piezo driver and inks, the 
hextone Piezo
> arrangement excludes the Epson driver workflows.  This is a serious
> limitation, as the Epson workflows have some advantages in some
> circumstances.  The ability to use alternative drivers and 
workflows can be
> important, as none is perfect.  When one has a glitch that shows up 
in a
> particular print, being able to use a different one is really 
nice.  The
> quads can do this, the hextones cannot.
> 
> So, I recommend the 1160.

Thanks paul, another question I need to ask is regarding your 
workflows, if I use the same setups as you did (1160, archival matte, 
MIS VM), would I get the same results as yours? or is it also 
dependent on the color configuration of my computer?

Also from my understanding your workflow is not WYSIWYG, whereas if I 
went through the trouble of making a transfer function itd be, are 
there anyways of allowing WYSIWYG in pshop while taking advantage of 
your easy-to-use workflows? what about WYSIWYG variable tones is it 
possible?