Digital BW, The Print

Mark -

I agree with all the other advice you saw here, but would ad... Once 
you try the MIS inks, if you like them, toss the Cone ones. The 
longer they sit, the more likely you will be to have a problem (this 
would be true of any inks). Many have said the life should be 
somewhere between 6 months and a yearish. I've used them longer (I 
bought 16 oz bottles) but the risk you also run is that some improved 
version comes along and you want to change or try that. 

Just another thought.

I think you will like the FS...BTW, don't be afraid to crank up the 
contrast if you want deeper blacks...try a few different 
papers...everyone likes EEM, but also try Eclipse Satine soft white 
(not brite white), and H photo rag...everyone has favorites, but 
these are 3 you can start with as a baseline that most agree are 
outstanding.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Carpenter 
<yahoo@b...> wrote:
> Mike Kravit wrote:
> 
> >I would not mix inks.
> 
> That seems to be the consensus, and what I figured. Oh well. On the 
shelf 
> they go.
> 
> >You will find that with the FS
> >inks and Piezo driver the curve will be more linear than the
> >modified "s" shaped curve generated with Piezo inks.  I don't know 
if
> >this is good or bad, it is only different.
> 
> That may actually be good for me. My prints don't exactly match my 
screen 
> with the Cone ink, so, if I'm lucky, the FS might actually be 
closer. Well, 
> the inks are cheap enough in comparison that it is worth a set to 
test. I 
> haven't done enough with the Cone ink to have gotten attached to a 
> particular aspect, so my inexperienced eye may not notice much of a 
difference.
> 
> Thanks to everyone that responded.
> Mark