Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry,

The quality on EAM/EEM is very good. I haven't tried EcSAT with it but I can run a quick profile and give it a try. I haven't used expensive fine art paper with the S9000 since it seems a waste with dye based inks. It does very nice black only prints (much much better than my Epson 1200) but the Canon OEM inks are all dye based. The attractive thing about Jon Cone's new what ever it may be is a set of pigment based  black & grays for B&W printing. Plus if he can come up with a pigment based color set that has a reasonable gamut that would be a whole new ball game. I would probably dump my 1200 and pick up another S9000. I haven't found a CIS/CFS for the Canon I would buy as of this time but I suspect that will change fairly soon, especially if the new Cone inks are a success.

The quality of the image produced by the Canon is excellent. The Canon OEM inks go for about 10 - 11 bucks a slot so a full set would be about $66.00 I have no idea what Cone is going to charge for his but you can bet it won't be cheap. I would hope that MIS will rise to the challenge and bring out a more reasonable competitive product that will function with the Canon technology. I certainly am very satisfied with MIS FSN on my 860 and can't see spending three times as much for the Piezotones.

At this time I use the Canon mainly as a proof printer, card printer and for snap shots and do serious color with my 1200 and the MIS perpetuals. If pigmented inks become available for the S9000 and they work then that will probably change quickly. The Canon is so much faster than the 1200.

So, at this time I could only provide you with a print made with dye based ink but it would give you a good idea about the quality of the image that the S9000 can produce. I will certainly spring for the new Cone B&W kit and put the printer through its paces with a number of different papers. Problem is when will it hit the street and be generally available to other than a select few.

Roger.

 
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:41 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Piezography Media Kit


  Roger, I never use glossy paper. How's the quality on Eclipse Satine, Legion
  Photo Matte, or EAM (EEM now)?  How about Black and white Prints, which is
  what I would use it for, mostly, and how about the price of ink? I don't use
  dye inks, just MIS VM for black and white and Generations 4 for color.

  Jerry



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