Digital BW, The Print

Elizabeth,

Check a couple of recent posts, 3263 and 3251, if you haven't already 
read them.

If the variable ink tone is important to you than only the MIS VM 
will do this, so that may be the deciding factor right there.

If Piezo appeals but the cost is stopping you, consider buying Piezo 
with just a set of carts. Run those and see what you think. Then buy 
a CIS and a set of Full Spectrum inks from MIS and run them with the 
Piezo driver. Bigger investment up front but a way to have the Piezo 
and keep the continuing costs down. If you decide you liked the Piezo 
inks better, you can convert the CIS by just replacing the cartridge 
end and cleaning out the tubing.

Or you could buy the MIS FS and CIS and run with the John Woolf 
workflow to start. You could always buy the Piezo latter if you 
weren't happy with the results or ease of use.

Sounds like you are ahead of the game. You have an 1160, which will 
run any of the quad inks, and it sounds like you already have 
Photoshop experience.

These decisions tend to evolve, so please ask questions as they occur 
to you. I guess you need to decide what is most important to you in a 
B&W printing system and go from there.

Martin Wesley


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Elizabeth <eprofit@h...> 
wrote:
> I'm new to this group...
> 
> Brief Introduction... I've owned an Art Gallery / Framing Studio in
> Ontario for the past 10 years.  I've always been techno minded so 
over
> the past 2 years I've been learning the digital market.  (I still 
wish I
> had more time to paint though)  I currently tell people that 
digital is
> merely my current form of expression.  4 months ago I bought both an
> 1160 and 1200 and yes finding them was difficult but I succeeded on
> Ebay.  The 1200 running fantastic on Generations Enhanced ink and 
CIS.
> The 1160 still has the packing tape on it :-(  I've put of buying 
the
> Piezo because of cost (keeping in mind it feels like I almost have 
to
> double the price because of the exchange difference)  I've become 
very
> interested in the MIS V quad tone so I came here to research...
> 
> So far the only thing I've learned is that...  To much information 
can
> be a bad thing, and I'm no closer to figuring out what to do with 
this
> poor printer than I was 3 months ago...
> 
> I truly do appreciate all of the information though.  My goal is to 
have
> an exhibit of B&W prints, deckle edged and gallery framed with a 
float
> mount by the end of the next summer.
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations on a Digital SLR camera, I'm
> looking towards the Fuji S1 Pro?
> 
> Thanks
> Elizabeth
> Elizabeth's Art Gallery