Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Iverson" <wiverson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:16 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Piezo Inks


> Martin,
>    The fading black is subjective.  Initial PT Sel prints blew away
> FS-N prints from same negatives in the blacks; after several weeks,
> comparing the same prints was more of a standoff in the blacks.
> Bright room, no sun.

Bill,

That is what I am seeing. Once everything has settled on the prints the
differences seem to very small to invisible so given the problem with the
PT-K there seems no reason not to go with the FSN-K instead.
>
>    Maybe the very light nozzle check lines in the "yellow" postion
> and blanked out 0% to 20% in stepwedge is a clogging problem.  It did
> improve when I tried Jerry Olson's patent remedy of squirting a 1:9
> ammonia:water mix on the heads (after many cleaning cycles, etc., as
> recommended), but the same problem reappeared in two days.   Not an
> expert on clogging (I've been lucky), but this does seem ink related -
> - I thought most clogs turned up as gaps in nozzle check or no lines
> in nozzle check (neither here) or microbanding (ditto).

They vary a lot and it depends upon how severe they are.
>
>     As for going to a CIS, I'm persuaded.  Had been deterred by my
> relatively low volume and horror stories of the "greenies," etc.  Can
> you direct me to the best tutorial on setting up a CIS system and
> keeping it running?  Are the Niagara CIS systems as good as any?

Things are a little confusing in the CIS world these days. Media Street
originally sold the NoMoreCarts CIS under the name Niagara but since have
parted company with NoMoreCarts and are getting their CIS from someone else
but keeping the Niagara name. I would be inclined to get a NoMoreCarts CIS
from InkJetMall which comes with very good instructions or talk to
InkJetGoodies about their new CIS. The MIS CFS is also an option if money is
tight but their chip resetting method is not as nice as the systems that use
the "always full" chips.

I have let my CIS units sit for long periods unused and they start back up
fine for me. This was not true with the original Piezo inks but the MIS-VM
has never given me a problem. The PiezoTones seem to be pretty good in the
clog department. Not quite as good as MIS inks but very close.

Martin Wesley

(snip earlier)