Digital BW, The Print

Sue,

Cone is coming out with breaking news in a few days about a new piezo
system that will in his words "Make your jaw drop". You might want to
wait and see what thats all about.

I saw a spectacular print in our recent print exchange from a 2200, and
a RIP. THe rip is 500 bucks and no support after a year. It costs
another 500 bucks for updates and support per year. There was NO
metamerism in this print.

Jerry





Sue Tallon wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> I've been following this forum for a couple of weeks. I'm trying to make a
> decision (there is such a thing as too much information!)
> I'm a commercial photographer and in general don't make a living out of
> print sales- prints tend to be just a small part of sales. However I am kind
> of a perfectionist and am always interested in providing the highest quality
> I can and I have always loved to print B/W so this is both for professional
> consideration as well as a keen interest in making beautiful digital (IJ)
> prints. I just purchased the 2200 and have an old 1200. As far as I've been
> able to gather so far I'm not going to be happy with Epson driver and
> subsequent grayscale prints. Options so far appear to be... (I'm on a Mac.)
> A.  Getting custom profiles for various paper combinations. This alone
> probably won't get me the perfection I'm looking for. Completely neutral
> please!!! No color casts or shifting please! Don't know if that's possible.
> Apparently won't necessarily solve metamerism anyway.
> B.  IP5 RIP - expensive (sort of) and mixed reviews for Mac as well as
> little documentation...ie "it's difficult." That scares me. I can't handle
> endless toying with no support. Will still need the custom profiles.
> C.  Piezo- I can devote my 1200 to this purpose. Software not too expensive
> (do I also need a RIP???) Inks look pricey. Reviews of free profiles sound
> as if they're good. Is there something looming on the horizon here early
> march?? Is this ultimately an expensive proposition??
> D.  Epson driver- Sticking to my Epson driver and printer color management
> and gritting my teeth. BTW I've toyed with the Gray Balancer and found my
> printer actually has a nice smooth grayscale but there's a slight cyan cast
> I can't improve upon... plus Gray Balancer  doesn't print out of OSX.
> Doesn't solve the metamerism problem.
> 
> Would anyone like to make any helpful comments or suggestions. Am I leaving
> out other options? I'm stuck and would truly appreciate a bit of help in
> summary.
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Sue
> 
> Sue Tallon Photography
> suetallon@...
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