Digital BW, The Print

Jim Do try the VM inks and Paul Roark's curves. Absolutely no dots and
no banding.

Jerry





Jim Hayes wrote:
> 
> A caution: I had a problem with Piezo inks. I no longer think they are
> viable for longterm use in 1160. Hate to say that, that's just my
> experience. My experience with MIS inks is new, so they are to be
> taken as my initial impressions only.
> 
> After a year with Piezo inks, I'm discontinuing them. I can't clear my
> printer fully of what is now called "Hayes Syndrome" on the Piezo
> list. When I compare MIS Full Spectrum inks set up on a spare 1160
> with the Piezo prints from my old clogging up with Piezo printer, the
> Piezo inks definetly have a green tinge, and remnants of the other
> symptoms.
> 
> I very much like the tone of these  FS MIS inks, a bit warm but nice,
> not sickly.
> 
> Until this problem is solved (and Cone says he IS working on it) I'm
> not going back. I really don't mean to badmouth his setup<sigh>.
> 
> OTOH I find that even using John Woolf's workflow, when I examine
> prints done with Epson driver ("error diffusion" setting") vs Piezo
> driver with MIS FS inks, I can see dots in highlights and I get very
> tiny tiny microbanding with Epson driver/Woolf workflow....but the
> Piezo driver is smooth. This is counter-intuitive for microbanding,
> but there it is. Please note that I only see the highlight dots and
> microbanding when using my CRI 98 Ott-lite and viewing from 1 foot
> away. I don't know why, but viewed under typical tungsten lighting of
> varying intensity, I can't see the dots/banding at all.
> 
> The piezo driver seems  (still some uncertainy)to print a bit
> contratier than the Epson. In this case for some photos, I wonder if
> the Epson driver still might be better, if a textured paper was used.
> S. E. photo textured paper seems to "almost" hide the microbanding
> even when I put the Ott-lite up real close.
> 
> I am curious if I have the settings wrong for the Woolf workflow. His
> screen shot of settings did not match my driver dialogue choices, so I
> e-mailed him as to the discrepancies (i.e. "Halftone" setting not
> availabe, J.W.---->use "error diffusion" instead).
> 
> So, if I can swing it, I'll be using the Piezo driver with MIS FS
> inkset. I am going to conduct my usual fade testing of some papers
> profiled by Cone in this manner, as some on the Piezo list are aware I
> already do.
> Jim H.
> 
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