Digital BW, The Print

the only MIS inkset that you can use is the FIS - I've not used it so I
can't comment - but it is NOT the same as Piezo. I'd recomend getting the
piezo kit - you'll have as near to an out of the box solution as you can
get. Play with it, then try FIS.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hargens" <ldmr@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Piezography Review


> Price of ink -- that's another consideration. Does the Piezo set-up
> require much tweaking to accomodate MIS inks?
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas"
> <julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> > The new piezo software now comes with drivers for ALL supported
> printers. It
> > modifies the dither pattern and increases the resolution. It also
> comes with
> > profiles for a large number of papers - something vitally important
> IMO.
> > When my current stock of inks runs out I'm going to try MIS FIS -
> but only
> > to try and reduce costs. I wouldn't ever want not to have the piezo
> driver.
> > Plug n play! (almost)
> >
> > Julian
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Hargens" <ldmr@c...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 3:04 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Piezography Review
> >
> >
> > > In his comparison of prints made using the Piezo system with those
> > > made using Epson drives and color inks, Michael Reichmann states
> > > that "what's also much more obvious when looking directly at the
> > > prints is that the Piezo prints show more detail. The Epson driver
> > > can not take an input file of more than 360 DPI. Feed it a higher
> > > resolution file and the data is discarded by the driver. A Piezo
> > > driven printer can take a much higher resolution file, and make
> use
> > > of it." Assuming that this is the case, then wouldn't the same
> > > condition and result apply (perhaps to differing degrees) to all
> > > inksets, including the various quadtone sets available, when used
> > > with the Epson driver rather than the Piezo driver? I guess what
> I'm
> > > wondering is just how much of a difference there is. And, yes, I'm
> > > sitting on the fence, Epson 1160 in hand, trying to decide
> whether I
> > > should fork over big bucks for Piezo software -- and run the risk
> of
> > > my now out-of-production printer breaking down and then having to
> buy
> > > _new_ software for the replacement printer, etc. -- or go with the
> > > MIS VM inkset, sweat out the paper-profile limitations...
> > >
> > >
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