Digital BW, The Print

Phil,

I agree about the Piezo cost issue by the way. If it works and you 
like it go in that direction. My own use of the MIS VM is driven 90% 
by my desire to achieve a certain color tone. (For those who the cost 
really is a serious problem then the next best route would be the 
Piezo driver and MIS FS inks.) 

In my question to you, I was looking for a Piezo to Piezo comparison. 
Assume you had no need at all for 24" output, would the quality 
improvement in say an 11x14 Piezo from a desktop printer vs. an 11x14 
Piezo from the 7000 be worth the total cost of the 7000 printer and 
Piezo Pro system?

I realize that this is an impossible question in a way, because as an 
artist it is pretty tough to put a price on the quality of the 
finished product but it is the kind of decision we seem to have to 
continually make in photography.

Thanks,
Martin

P.S. Thanks for changing the subject line. I'll get the hang of this 
yet!


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Phil Bard" <phil@p...> 
wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> Whoa, tough question.  Yes it's an expensive goody, especially if 
you 
> go to the Cone RIP.  Depends mostly on what your budget is and 
perhaps 
> whether or not you're selling work profitably.  For me, yes, I'm 
glad I 
> went this route.  I print and exhibit large silver prints, so it's 
a 
> natural evolution.  And the first time I saw a 24x30 roll out of 
the 7K 
> I was elated (want a 9K). It does print a better 8x10 than the 
1160, 
> though I love that little printer.  Inkwise, when you do the math, 
the 
> Cone ink cartridges are only slightly more expensive than buying 
bulk: 
> $75/cartridge (4 oz. ink) vs. $65/ 4 oz. bottle of bulk.  So I'm 
not 
> really complaining there.  I agree with Steadman on this issue, the 
ink 
> is not that expensive, though admittedly MIS's are cheaper...
> 
> Phil
> http://philbard.com
> 
> 
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