Digital BW, The Print

Treadwinkle,

Hope the following helps you.

MIS = Inksupply.com; they sell inkjet supplies, including the FS and 
FSN inks that can be used with the Piezo plugin.

CFS = MIS's version of Continous Flow (?) System. It is not the same 
as CIS. CIS is NOT sold by MIS.

RIP = Raster Image Process (?).  If you are new to this game, forget 
about RIPs.  You can get decent prints with what you already have.

Dmax = Maximum Density. It is an indicator of how dark the pure black 
portion of the print is.

I sympathize with you.  If you have no inclination, desire, or time 
to experiment, all this must be daunting.  Having said that, it is no 
rocket science either.  I must say that although I don't use 
Piezography for my prints, the one time I used it to make a print, it 
gave me a decent print right off the bat. Not perfect, mind you, but 
close enough that a quck adjustment or two would have nailed it.  
With regards to the ink choice - stay tuned.  I have seen awesome 
prints made with PT-S inks, by Martin Wesley, who is very good at 
what he does.  I have seen so-so prints made with PT-S, and I have 
seen poor prints too.  So, the final print is only as good as the 
skill of the operator.  I am not sure how PT inks compare to MISs FS 
inks on the clog department.  I fill my own cartridges with FS, and 
for the most part they are free of trouble.  I do get occasional 
clogs, and they clear up easy enough.  So FS and FSN (neutral, cool) 
inks are a good choice and fully interchangebale, and intermixable. 
If you want the look of one person's idea of selenium, PT-S is the 
only choice you have. If you want another person's or want to create 
your version of selenium, let me know, and I will walk you through 
the process.  It is very easy.

Good luck, and happy printing.

Shilesh


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "treadwinkle" 
<VOLveeta@b...> wrote:
> I'll be brief.  First of all, this site has helped me a lot, but 
all 
> I want to understand is... Can I just print an b&w image and NOT be 
> a mathmetician?
> 
> I am trying really hard to get a grip on all this.  I've got a 1280 
> w/Piezotone warm neutrals.  I've been through two cartridge sets 
and 
> on both, the yellow slot was defective.  No sweat, otherwise, the 
> images on Epson Archival Matte were really pretty great.  The day 
my 
> last cart ran out, finally the Hahnemühle Photo Rag came.
> 
> Anywho, please PLEASE tell me what the following terms stand for:
> 
> MIS, CFS, RIP, DMAX.  I've figured out, I think, that CIS 
> means "Continuous Ink System".  Is MIS a brand?
> 
> I'm seriously considering a CIS for Piezotone Selenium, will the 
> Piezo driver achieve ultimate results?  Or do I need to shell out 
> another fortune for the Imageprint thingy.  Is Jon Cone suggesting 
> this is better than the Piezo driver I just paid $150 for?  Argh.  
I 
> just want to give the actors I'm shooting a good quality print.  
I'm 
> so close to going back to film, I don't want to have to spend 
months 
> researching curves, profiles, algorhythms, getting a degree in 
> algebra... I just want to select the paper from the Piezo driver 
and 
> go.
> 
> Is this possible?  Help me!!! :-)
> 
> treadwinkle