Digital BW, The Print

Lawrence-

I haven't wanted to jump in with a Piezo bashing thread, but I can 
give you my experience with the piezotones.

I got really fantastic looking prints on my 1160 with the neutral-
warm carts...really great...for 2 sets of carts, then the banding 
started. Sound familiar? I began spending more time cleaning the 
printer than using it for printing. 

I give up. I just don't want to go through the whole issue of "what's 
wrong or not with the inks" again. So I went back to MIS FS and 
installed a CIS so I wouldn't have a choice in the matter for at 
least a few months <g> (I have pint bottles). 

Was it the ink? Who knows. I'm getting a little banding with the FS 
ink now (I didn't before I loaded the piezotone) (this also happened 
when I switched back from the PiezoBW inks for a while). We'll see if 
the banding clears over time...if it does, I'll stay away from the 
piezsotones until there is a revision and then try them again because 
I really respect Jon Cone and love his software (logic would dictate 
that his inks should work best with his software), but the clog and 
band issue just takes the fun out of digital printing, so I'm 
stepping back from the experiment for now.

BTW, I'd been using FSN ink and forgot just how great the FS is (I'm 
mostly using the piezo driver).

Just my two cents...

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lawrencetrek" 
<ltitle@i...> wrote:
> Microbanding, clogging, and now clipping ...  
> 
> As I debate making an investment into a new 1280 printer for 
PiezoTones 
> carts, some of you guys are continuing to scare me off.  How, 
prevalent are 
> these problems ?  Are any of you having trouble free printing with 
the new 
> inks (with the 1280 carts rather than CIS) and producing excellent 
prints ?  If 
> so, why are others posting such problems.  
> 
> Now, I am starting to consider the prospect of buying the Epson 
2200 and 
> buying custom printer profiles to try to produce my B/W digital 
prints.  Could 
> be less stressful until more of the kinks are removed from 
piezography.  Help 
> and guidance would be appreciated.