Digital BW, The Print

The new software is on the market and mine should arrive Tuesday the 
14th. I am anxous to get started on it, but I'll have to return the 
inkset I ordered from MIS because I forgot the Cone driver is not 
needed with the new software; just the epson printer driver. Also one 
nice feature of the software is that the grayscale image can be 
opened with any other program and printed from it if you don't have 
Adobe Photoshop. 

your friend in photography,

Johnny Eades


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> 
> 
> * -----Original Message-----
> * From: gendem [mailto:gendem@y...] 
> * Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 7:25 AM
> * To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> * Subject: [Digital BW] What is the "Cone Driver"?
> * 
> * 
> * Hi all, subject says it all.  What is the "Cone
> * Driver" referred to on the MIS site, and where can I
> * get it?  I'm about to order a 1280 cartridge for my
> * photo 900 to see if it works (if it doesn't then I
> * return the 900 and get a 1280), and it says I need a
> * cone driver to make it work.  Thanks.
> * 
> The "Cone driver" is usually called the "Piezo plug-in". This was 
developed
> by Sundance/R9 and marketed by ConeTech or Inkjetmall to be used in
> conjunction with the original Sundance/Piezo inks.
> 
> It functions as an export plug-in used inside Photoshop. It 
requires an ink
> set with specific densities of gray ink and provides profiles for 
about 50
> different inkjet papers. It works with PiezoTone Warm, Cool, 
Selenium and
> Carbon Sepia ink sets, MIS's Full Spectrum and Full Spectrum 
Neutral (not
> the E set) and Sundance Warm and Neutral ink sets.
> 
> The business relationship between ConeTech and Sundance/R9 ended 
quite some
> time ago. ConeTech has continues to sell the Piezo version of the 
plug-in
> while working on a new software system that uses standard printer 
drivers
> and printer profiles. As far as I know it is not yet been released 
for
> shipment but if you buy a copy of the Piezo plug-in now they 
promise an copy
> of the new software when it is released.
> 
> http://www.inkjetmall.com/index.html
> 
> In the meantime Sundance and R9, operating as bwguys.com, sell a 
newer
> version of the plug-in called "Image Export BW" that supports a 
larger range
> of papers and supports Mac OSX as well.
> 
> http://www.bwguys.com/
> 
> Both pieces of software sell for $150 which is a real bargain for 
the
> friendly user interface and smooth tonal curves you get. If you 
want to go
> this route I would be inclined to buy from bwguys since they appear 
to be
> continuing to develop and support the product. $150 may sound like 
a lot but
> you have to keep it in perspective. $150 is less than 35 sheets of 
13x19
> Photo Rag 308 gsm. The big cost in digital B&W printing is paper.
> 
> Martin Wesley
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