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Re: [Digital BW] need advice

2002-08-08 by Truman Prevatt

That's why I waited for the 2200 hit the street. There is always the 
fear that both the MIS and Piezo are stopgap systems until the printer 
technology catches up. But if I had bought that argument, I'd never 
bought this PC, I be waiting to see what was better in six months.

Truman

Alan Zinn wrote:

>
> Truman,
>
> It's a tough call.  I have friends who use the MIS or Generations inks and
> curve adjustments that are making superb prints on older Epson machines
> (1160, 1200). I use the Piezo system with MIS and Gen black inks in
> home-filled carts and have had few problems. My ramp has been behaving
> consistently for some time now and the 980 printer is a sweetheart. If I
> were starting from scratch and didn't have time to learn to do the curves
> adjustments I'd go for the Piezo. Also if I were expecting to use a 
> variety
> of papers I'd for sure want the Piezo. I'd worry most about how either
> system is going to evolve with the new printers. Seems to me OEM inks and
> drivers should be just about ready for salon-quality b/w output.
>
> AZ
>

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