Digital BW, The Print

I have to recommend the Selenium Piezotones as well.  I had an 1160 
that died - but before it went all the way out, I made some reference 
prints with the Selenium Piezotones that I have been using to try and 
equal with my new 7600.  I'm getting close with custom Quadtones.  
However, I purchased a Canon S9000 specifically for loading with the 
Selenium PTs to print ALL of my smaller format B/W.  The Canon PTs 
are scheduled for release in May and are stated as being compatible 
with glossy media as well as matte.  I cannot afford to dedicate the 
7600 to B/W at this time.

Bobby

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Antonis Ricos" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> > Thank you. I plan to be using MacOS9 & X.  -BArry
> 
> Barry,
> 
> I use my 1280 with Selenium Piezotones under MacOS 9 and drive the 
printer 
> with OpenPrintMaker (OPM). I make profiles for it using 
InkjetControl (IJC) and 
> I am very happy with the results. You may search the archives here 
beginning 
> with message 28545  and check out the OPM/IJC site at:
> http://www.bowhaus.com/inkjetcontrol/
> 
> Briefly: OPM is a free download and includes a few profiles (some 
of which I 
> contributed as beta tester) and IJC is around $200. Caveats 
regarding this 
> solution: for best results making profiles you should use a 
densitometer, and 
> prepare for a learning curve as IJC is not your typical mac app. In 
return, you 
> get to fine tune your printer to any paper that is compatible with 
your chosen 
> inkset. 
> IJC gives you direct control of each of the 6 nozzles in the 1280 
via ink curves. 
> This allows you to go much further than a simple profile: you can 
use "toner" 
> inks for a couple of ink channels and tweak the color of your bw 
pretty much 
> on the fly (you can also blend between 2 proflies just before you 
are ready to 
> print).
> 
> If you happen to go with any flavor of Piezotones (PT) and follow 
their original 
> ink positions (i.e. no toners etc), chances are that the 1280 
profile that is 
> included in the free OPM download will work fine on most Hahnemuhle 
> papers (I made it with PhotoRag). It would be a good starting 
point, anyway, 
> but in the long run you will be best served  if you can tweak your 
profiles to 
> keep your system conistent over time.  The whole idea behind IJC is 
to help 
> us get away from canned profiles of any sort. 
> 
> If you go with PTs, remember that they only work on matte papers.  
For glossy, 
> you should read up on the UltraTones on the MIS site  and see what 
users 
> have been saying here regarding bronzing etc. The promising part of 
this 
> inkset is that it can work with both matte and glossy - like the 
Ultrachromes do. 
> 
> Antonis