Digital BW, The Print

You can have Cone send you free sample prints of PiezoTone WN and Selenium 
on Photo Rag. Got mine the other day. Just give them your address. Can't 
remember which page on their site has this offer. Their site is rather 
confusing, so just keep clicking around until you find it.

Jeff Greer

At 06:28 PM 08/03/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>I have been anxious for sometime to start printing digital b/w prints.  My
>research suggested that piezography was likely the best alternative, but the
>multiple problems experienced by others on the piezo forum scared me off
>ever buying an Epson 3000 or 1160 for b/w output. (e.g. paper handling,
>banding, clogging, etc...)
>
>Now that PiezoTones are available in carts for the 1280, I have considered
>this as an alternative method of getting into b/w digital printing without 
>the
>initial committment of CIS.  Yet, I continue to get put off about reports of
>clogging, microbanding etc.  The hype of the Epson 2200 printer as a
>possible b/w printer got me excited that there maybe a viable 
>alternative.  The
>reports on the net have been mixed.  I was almost sucked in by Reichmann's
>review, but was interested to see that he was previously hyped on the 1270
>as a b/w printer with Epson inks.
>
>  So, I printed a sample b/w print on a 2200 yesterday at the camera store in
>town, and noted that there was still a problem with metamerism, as the print
>(on epson watercolor paper, and glossy) was definately purplish under fluoro
>lights, but relatively neutral outdoors.  Under a loupe, the print was rather
>good with minimal apparent dots (not that different than grain).  But,
>unfortunately it was hard to judge based on one print.  Plus, they didn't 
>have
>the matte black in the printer.
>
>My aim is to primarily print b/w images, that could potentially be 
>exhibited or
>sold and can hold up to silver images.  Is the 2200 there yet ?  If not, can
>others reassure me about positive experiences with the 1280 and the PT
>carts.  Moreover, if I go the piezo route, I am tending to go towards the
>selenium hues, but I am worried just how much of a magenta cast do they
>produce.
>
>
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