Digital BW, The Print

Johnny, Thanks for the info I appreciate it.

Martin, you make a good point about the ink price in relation to to 
the whole print. 

I have been very happy with the look I'm getting with the piezo 
selenium tone inks. I develop my film in PMK Pyro and for me the 
combination has worked nicely for a year or so. Hmmmm, maybe the old 
adage KISS needs to be followed here.

The price difference in Piezo and MIS doesn't make sense and that is 
part of the reason I've considered switching--it's annoying. Also the 
fact that they won't serve up the econo size. That really is goofy. 

Any, Thanks for all the input, it's greatly appreciated.

Robbie Becklund

www.robbiebecklund.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" 
<jeades1@s...> wrote:
> Hello Robbie,
> 
> I just bought the PiezographyBW software for my Epson 1280 and 
bought 
> the Full spectrum Neutral inks from MIS. Thinking I had the newest 
> version of PiezographyBW I ordered the inkset for the Cone Driver 
and 
> had to call them for a replacement for the Epson Driver. I could 
have 
> kept the first order after finding out the version of PiezoBW was 
the 
> older one with the Cone driver in it. However I have found out I 
will 
> have the upgrade to the ICC profile driven software in a couple of 
> weeks. In the meantime I have been experimenting with the MIS FSN 
> inks. I was able to find a workflow on the MIS website by George 
> Woolf and adapted it to my tastes. I am much more pleased with the 
> output than with the MIS variable mix inkset. There was something 
> about the curves I was using that caused some muddying of the tones 
> around 70-80%. I too looked at the Piezotone inks and found them to 
> pricey for my pocket. You can get the FSN inks for the Cone driver 
> and still use the Piezo plugin.
> 
> Your friend in photography,
> 
> Johnny Eades
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rbecklund11" 
> <robbie@r...> wrote:
> > 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. 
> Also... 
> > 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--just 
> > wondering.
> > The whole idea of switching over especially with a CIS is not too 
> > joyous. Thanks for any and all info.
> > 
> > Robbie Becklund
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.robbiebecklund.com