Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul-
Sounds like a good idea. I actually have an extra CIS I've been 
holding onto. It seems like the image quality using the epson driver 
must be excellent since so many people, including yourself are using 
it.
Just took a gander at the workflows etc on MIS' website--looks pretty 
cool. I've been following this group along time but since I'm in 
piezo land I let most of it sail over my head.
So if the UT w/ eboni is similar in fade resistance, half the price, 
and I can adjust the tone--mmmm no wonder so many use this.

Thanks!

Robbie Becklund


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Robbie wrote:
> 
> >... I'm using a 1280 and the PiezographyBW Photoshop plug-in.
> 
> >I've been very happy with the PiezoTone Selenium Tone inks w/ 
Museum
> >black I've been using with a CIS, But I'm getting tired of having 
to
> >shell out money on the ink--I print quite a bit. I like the large
> >size jugs of ink and the very reasonable prices of ink from MIS
> >though. I contacted Cone and Assoc. and they don't have ink in 
larger
> >than 4oz. bottles.
> 
> >What is the closest MIS inks to the PiezoTone Selenuim inks.
> 
> The MIS Eboni black is virtually identical to the Cone Museum black.
> 
> The FS-N was/is a cool version of the MIS FS inks and is compatible 
with the
> Piezo diver.  It's a bit cooler than the selenium inks, and while 
it doesn't
> warm on EEM (or much on other papers), it is not as fade resistant 
as the
> PiezoTone or Ultra Tone inks.
> 
> The MIS Ultra Tone ("UT") inkset is variable-tone and prints using 
the Epson
> driver with Photoshop curves (applied to an RGB version of the 
grayscale
> file).  There is one curve that gives almost identical results to 
the
> PiezoTone selenium inks.  The Epson driver, in my experience, 
prints with a
> better dmax than the Piezo driver and allows you to do other things 
on the
> computer while printing.  Those are major reasons I no longer use 
my Piezo
> driver.
> 
> I may be a bit biased, having mixed the UT inks.  But that is what 
I use
> with my 1280 and 7500, and I come up with the formulas for these 
inksets
> mostly so that I'll have the inkset I want at a reasonable price (no
> royalties).
> 
> >...how compatible are these inks. There's no way I could just start
> >using the MIS inks by pouring them in with the Piezo inks ...
> 
> I would replace the CIS carts and clean the tubes.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com