Digital BW, The Print

Frank,

I would add is that there is a difference in the colorcast between 
the different ink sets and that colorcast varies with the paper used. 
Some people seem to be more sensitive to print color than others and 
some have different tastes. Unfortunately I don't know of anyway to 
really show or describe this to you since it seems to vary from 
person to person.

The other issues that do not show up with the 7000 comparison because 
of its advanced mechanics but are issues with the smaller printers 
are clogging and banding. My experience so far on a 1200 is that the 
Piezo is much easier to use and get good prints from a software point 
of view but from a mechanical point of view seems to have banding and 
clogging problems that I have not seen at all with the MIS inks in a 
1280.

On an 1160 you could start with Piezo and then try the MIS Full 
Spectrum inks with the Piezo driver later to see how the colorcast of 
the inks varies.

Martin



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@m...> wrote:
> Frank...
> 
> It's all in the Files section of this group...
> 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/Ink%
20data/
> Piezo%20vs.%20MIS%20VM%20on%20the%207000
> (this link won't work unless you stitch it back to being on one 
line)
> 
> The 1160 is a great machine! But can you still get them in the 
States?
> 
> Best regards,
> Nij
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: f@... [mailto:f@...]
> > I imagine that this has been covered, but which is the best way
> > for an experienced Mac based digital photographer to get
> > serious about digital printmaking? I've been involed with imaging
> > for years, even had my own IRIS for commercial work, but tried to
> > ignore the whole concept of archival inkjets. But now I see that
> > they are 'ready for prime time" at a reasonable price. I'm leaning
> > towards an Epson 1160 with Cone's Piezography™BW software
> > and inkset, but I see an awful lot of people using MIS inks. Has
> > anyone out there used both and can give an honest evaluation?
> > Is the 1160 a decent machine given its size limitations?
> > Thanks,
> > Frank
> >