Digital BW, The Print

Jeff:

My opinion is that if you like your 1160's prints created with 
PiezoBW, you will like your prints with MIS FS -- either through the 
Piezo driver that you are familiar with or Epson driver using the 
1160 RGB Partitioned workflow.  See Files>Ink Sets>MIS>MIS FS of this 
forum. The FS inkset is slightly less warm than the Piezo inkset and 
FS fading is the same or less than the Piezo inkset.  No greenies on 
my 1160 with FS ink since I first switched a little over a year ago. 

If you want to experiment with cool to sepia tone prints, the MIS VM 
ink family is worth purchasing in carts and giving them a test drive 
through the Epson driver only.  Paul Roark's workflows for the VM ink 
family are located on the MIS Quad Workflow page at www.inksupply.com

Good Luck.

Jeff Randall





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jtphoto1" <jtphoto@j...> 
wrote:
> As my original Piezography inks begin to run out, I, like many 
others
> before 
> me am faced with a decision of what to buy now. I print with an 
Epson
> 1160 
> and a CIS. I have been relatively happy with the old inks, but have
> never 
> really been able to get prints through the Piezo driver without 
some 
> microbanding. I have found myself using the Epson driver most often
> and find 
> the quality to be nearly as good if not better for my photographs 
and
> there is 
> no microbanding.
> 
> I realize this amounts to heresy to many on this list, but I don't
> even really use 
> a special workflow ;-)  What looks good on my screen in rgb mode
> generally 
> looks good on paper with a few tweaks in Photoshop. Although I've
> never 
> suffered from the major "greenies" I do find that on some papers
> there is a 
> slight greenish cast to the inks that I don't like. 
> 
> I admire all of the people on this and other lists who seem to have
> unlimited 
> time for testing and re-testing inks and papers and workflows etc. 
> With a full 
> schedule and a baby on the way, I don't have the time or energy to
> screw 
> around any more. I just need to make some prints. I've never once
> printed a 
> step wedge or a gray ramp and I'm sure many purists would say my
> prints are 
> lacking in tone definition somewhere.  As a people photographer and
> former 
> newspaper photojournalist, I like my black and whites to be snappy. 
A
> little 
> compression in some shadows is fine by me.
> 
> I tell you all of this not to bore you, but to explain why I don't
> want to get 
> sucked into the minutiae of quadtone printing.
> 
> So what's my best choice? I certainly like the price of the MIS inks
> and think 
> they would probably do the job for me, but I have a couple of
> questions. 
> What's the latest real-world experience with fading of these inks? 
Do
> they 
> suffer from the "greenies" either major or minor? Are there any 
other 
> drawbacks?  If I thought that Piezotones would be foolproof, I would
> spend the 
> money, but I'm not sure they are worth it until they have been 
around
> a bit 
> longer. I have no interest in shelling out the money for Imageprint
> right now 
> either.  
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
> -- 
> Jeff Thompson Photography
> 715.838.9962
> www.jeffthompsonphoto.com
> jeff@j...