Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

Have you posted this on the Piezo listserve?  

Things in the world of digital B&W printing are getting more 
complicated.

From the description, this software sounds the same as Piezo plugin 
and Piezo Pro.  The current Piezo Pro software is about to be 
replaced by a new version.  On top of that, ImagePrint, who I believe 
orginally developed "Piezo2" (not pursued) for Jon Cone, have their 
own advanced B&W solution as part of their RIP, which of course has 
one advantage, in that it drives colour printers too.

We will shortly therefore have a choice of three competing B&W Pro 
level RIPs:  The B&WPRO from Sundance (presumably a new incarnation 
of the current Cone RIP), the new Piezo Pro RIP from Jon Cone, and 
the ImagePrint 5 colour/B&W RIP.  

Market is getting a bit crowded all of a sudden :-)

To answer your question, I have printed to a 1160 using Piezo B&W 
Pro, and the result looked pretty identical to using the plugin. 
--

Quentin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Some news from Digital Art Supplies about the different versions of 
the Sundance/R9 software:
> 
> "IMAGE EXPORT BW
> Image Export BW is an Adobe® Photoshop® export plug-in that runs 
under the Windows® and Macintosh® operating systems and drives Epson® 
desktop printers. Export BW allows the user to take advantage of 
Photoshop®'s file handling and image manipulation features in an 
environment familiar to most photographers and artists. The Windows® 
version of Image Export BW runs under Photoshop® versions 5 and 
higher. All 32-bit versions of Windows® are supported.  The 
Macintosh® version of Image Export BW runs under Photoshop® versions 
5 and higher. The new announcement is that a version for MacOS 10.1 
is now available.  This software was written to work best with 
Sundance Neutral Warm & Neutral Cool inks.   The purchase price is 
$149.95 http://www.digitalartsupplies.com/r9imexbwplug.html
> 
> BWPRO
> BWPro is a raster image processor that runs under the Windows® 
operating system and drives Epson® desktop and wide-format printers. 
All 32-bit versions of Windows® are supported.  The RIP drives Epson® 
desktop and wide-format printers, up to 42" in width. A single 
licensed RIP can drive multiple printers at the same time. The RIP 
uses "extended" ICQ profiles, that can be manipulated via a unique 
user interface called "K to L mapping', and that allow the user to 
apply the characteristics of the B&W printing system when previewing 
an image.http://www.digitalartsupplies.com/sunbwepripst.html  This 
can be purchased as a system with Sundance inks or as standalone 
software.
> 
> 
> BWPRO LITE
> BWPro Lite is a raster image processor that runs under the Windows® 
operating system and drives Epson® desktop printers. All 32-bit 
versions of Windows® are supported.
> 
> http://www.digitalartsupplies.com/sundancebwpro.html"
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> The BWPRO is selling for $1,450 and the BWPRO LITE for $495. Looks 
like they are trying to fill the same price ranges as PiezoPro and 
ImagePrint. I assume that this is the same software as the Piezo 
plugin and PiezoPro. Does anyone have any experience to relate to 
using the PiezoPro with desktop printers?
> 
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
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