Digital BW, The Print

At 02:01 PM 10/18/02 +0000, you wrote:
>The Piezography 3000 forum is like some Jon Cone fan club, posters
>are blinded by the facts, cleary none have read the results of the
>fade tests of their inks, or maybe they do not worry about a print
>lasting for more than a couple of weeks. Injetmall is way more
>expensive than MIS so why bother with them at all?
>
>Barry


Barry -

No, I'm not reading the results of fade tests.  I'm looking at prints made 
with the original quad-black inks that have been in my window for months 
and comparing them to some that have been stored in the dark.  There is 
only a very slight warming of the inks which I find very pleasant.  I am 
happy with Piezography's original inks, software and my Epson 3000's which 
I have been using constantly since peizography first came out.  I can 
understand Jerry's wanting a colder ink for his landscapes, but the warmer 
original inks are perfect for my people pictures.

I think some people have just had better luck with their printers.  I 
happened to get two very good refurbished 3000's that have never had a clog 
or banding.  I'm still using the original piezo software, not the 
upgrade.  I'm on my fourth set of ink cartridges - they last forever.

I'm not concerned about my prints lasting for hundreds of years.  All 
artwork eventually fades.  I expect my prints to be displayed properly and 
to give people a lot of pleasure for their lifetime.  I'm too busy printing 
and selling photographs to read all of the negative e-mails about 
quad-black printing, but I wrote into the Piezo3000 forum to let Jon know 
that not everybody is unhappy with his products.

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP
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