Digital BW, The Print

* -----Original Message-----
* From: Jan Becket [mailto:jbecket@...] 
* Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:34 PM
* To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
* Subject: [Digital BW] New PiezoBW upgrade / MIS
* 
* 
* Hello,
* 
* It may be too early to ask, but has anyone ordered and tried the 
* new Cone Piezo upgrade with a non-Cone inset such as MIS 
* FS?  I've been pretty happy with the old combo of Piezo plug-in 
* and MIS FS on my 3000s, but the Cone website sounds like the 
* upgrade also requires changing to the Cone inks.  
* 
* It may just be a sales smokescreen, but if that's really the case, 
* I'm going to wait until I have used up my supply of MIS inks.
* 
Jan,

The new software just became available today so there is not much info at
this point. I will  try the upgrade for my 1280 with the PiezoTone inks and
report back.

Since the MIS FS was designed as a "clone" of the original Piezo or Sundance
inks and the Piezotones inks were designed to match the same density to work
with the plug-in I would think that you would be reasonably close with the
new software and the FS inks. However, since the ICC profiles or the plug-in
were specifically designed for specific ink density the match may not be as
good. We won't know until someone tries it an reports back.

Even though they are more expensive I personally prefer the Selenium
PiezoTone over the MIS FS and they are much more fade and warm shift
resistant.

The Piezo 2 upgrade for you would only be $49 so maybe you will be the one
to give it a try with the 3000 and MIS FS, and let us know how it goes.<G>

Martin Wesley
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