Digital BW, The Print

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From: "lawrencetrek" <ltitle@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] PiezoTones: Are they ready for prime time ?


> Guys,
>
> You're not doing a good job convincing me to rush and buy the PT inks.
The
> MIS inks don't seem to be clog- and banding-proof either.
>
> Maybe I can live with less than "dead nuts neutral" B/W prints from a
custom
> profiled Epson 2200.  This would still give me the option of toned images,
> duotones and printing the occasional color print as well.
>
> I want to make my final decision soon.
>
Lawrence,

Just to keep some perspective, my wife was having some problems getting a
good color print from her 1270 with Epson dye inks on ColorLife paper. I ran
a nozzle check for her an found multiple clogs. It took 7 nozzle cleaning
cycles to get the clog to clear and to make a good print. This printer has
never run anything but genuine Epson ink.

As I posted earlier. None of these printers, inks or workflows is perfect.
They all have limitations and certain problems. I can guarantee that
whatever inkjet technology you pick, you will encounter clogging at some
point. Other than the original Piezo inks, I have not seen any clogging
issues that would stop me from recommending any of the other Piezo inks or
the MIS inks.

You have to make your own choice and start somewhere. If you are lucky, you
will be content with what you start with. For many of us it has been a
matter of many trials to find something that suited our taste balanced
against limitations, functional problems and cost. I look forward to the day
when people can visit a gallery or museum an see fine prints made with all
these processes and will not have to make a blind decision based on a bunch
of text messages on the Internet.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html