Digital BW, The Print

bpm,


You are going to get quite a variety of responses to this one.

I would recommend the Cone PiezoTone Selenium inkset with either the Museum
Black or Portfolio Black based upon your criteria.

1) Simple Setup - 
    Assuming you have a minimal working knowledge of color management (or
are patient at reading the manual). As well, there are quite a few defined
profiles for a wide variety of papers. There are a lot of other ways to skin
this cat that are easy, more flexible, cheaper, etc. but I have been very
happy with my results with Cone. I have been very happy with the "hassel
free" aspects of using Piezography.

2) Very good on-screen to final image match.
This is a great benefit of the new system.

3) The 1200 is a supported printer.



A couple of caveats:

Define "a wide variety of papers" If you are comfortable and familiar with
the current listing of papers profiled for use with PiezoTone inks you
should be well served, however you have a problem if you want to print on an
unsupported paper.

You should make sure you are able to get the results you expect before you
invest in a CIS. I had a CIS, went back to carts to ensure I liked the new
icc based system and am looking to get back into the CIS after the new year.
I produce a pretty steady volume of prints and the CIS with the old inks was
a bit "needy." I am relatively certain that it will be less so with the new
inks. 

The 1200 is getting a little long in the tooth. But hey, I'm using an 1160
and am extremely happy with my PT Selenium prints with Cone's new system.





On 12/14/03 6:57 PM, "imsireal" <imsireal@...> wrote:

> I am new to quad tone printing and really don't want to approach it with a
> great 
> investment of my time. I am looking for a simple to set up, but more
> importantly, 
> simple to use quad tone ink system for an Epson 1200. I am a Mac user and am
> using 
> OS X 10.3.
> 
> I have been considering the Cone bottle feed system but this is the only
> system I 
> really have seen information on. I would be interested in knowing what other
> systems 
> arre available. I do like the Cone Selenium tone and would be looking for
> something 
> similar.
> 
> The end goal is to be able to produce fine art digital b/w prints up to A3+
> (13"x19") 
> size without too much hassle. I want to sell the prints so they should be
> archival/
> long-lasting and I would like to be able to choose from a wide range of
> papers.
> 
> I would appreciate any advice.
> 
> bpm
> 
> 
> 
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