Digital BW, The Print

Nij,

I have been trying to get someone using Lyson to post their 
impressons but no luck so far. The ink poll does show one user so 
maybe they will chip in here.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@m...> wrote:
> Thanks Jerry!
> 
> That is basically what I've heard from a very small number of 
users :) I
> know the guys at the key distributor (????) Marrutt over here do a 
grand job
> of selling the stuff - heard several comments about the quality of 
the
> prints in their office - but presumably people are not allowed to 
take them
> off the wall and look at them in the daylight! In fact, I think JM 
Humbert,
> whom I met in Paris a few weeks back, had some Lyson - nice prints 
(shiny /
> glossy!!) - but not much shadow detail either... compared to same 
file with
> Piezo.
> 
> I was hoping we'd find some users who rant and rave about the good 
sides of
> the product! And, users of other inks too!
> 
> Nij
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@r...]
> > Sent: 01 October 2001 16:30
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Getting started -- Cone or MIS? 
(LONG)
> >
> >
> > Morning Nij,
> >
> > I have used small gamut inks once. I got beautiful prints out of 
them,
> > but since you can't use Paul's curves or the Piezo driver, you 
will see
> > some dots in the light areas on an 1160 printer. I got beautiful 
tones
> > from them, but the metamerism was quite objectionable when I 
finally got
> > the exact cold (selenium) tone that I like so much. It was more 
than I
> > could put up with.
> >
> > Also the cartridges are terribly expensive, and the ink is not 
available
> > in bulk.
> >
> > Jerry