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Re: [Digital BW] need advice

2002-08-07 by Jerry Olson

Quality is the same. Get the MIS VM inkset. MUCH cheaper than the piezo route.

Jerry




Truman Prevatt wrote:
> 
> I am ready to get a printer. I was waiting to see what happened with the
> 2200, to make the decision. It seems that the 2200 is not a good printer
> for someone who is primarly interested in B&W.  So it's the 1280. Now I
> need to select the inking system. It's boiled down to the MIS hextone
> Variable Mix inks or the Piezo driver and Piezo inks. I do like the
> flexibility of being able to select print coolness based on the subjec,
> what I am trying to say and where it will be displayed. This seems to
> argue for the MIS solution.
> 
> One the other hand I have heard that the Piezo driver produces a
> smoother tonal range. All my images will be scanned 6x7 or 4x5 so the
> tonal range will be there to capture. Is this ture about the Piezo dirver?
> 
> So instead of talking about the merits of imbedded assembly code in a C
> program could someone give me a little help here:-).
> 
> Truman
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