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Re: MIS FS, Piezo Quality was [Digital BW] Re: Print Exchange 4 Bernd et al.

2001-10-12 by Julian Thomas

Thanks Martin, when my currentpiezo stocks run out I'll try it (Unless JC
brings theprice of inksdown!) - it'll need more tweaking though? More paper!

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:22 AM
Subject: MIS FS, Piezo Quality was [Digital BW] Re: Print Exchange 4 Bernd
et al.


>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Shaun Granleese"
> <shaun@s...> wrote:
> > Julian - this assessment is based on evaluation by myself and my
> wife
> > (she's a big time PiezoBW user and fan) under incandescent light of
> > the same image printed on one half (top or bottom) of the same
> piece
> > of EAM by two different Epson 1160's (one dedicated to each ink
> > obviously).
> >
> > Conclusion: practically indistinguishable in tone and colour,
> > sharpness, contrast, smoothness or any other variable we could
> think
> > of to concentrate on. We both preferred the MIS FS actually.
> > Confounding factors: incandescent light was used, it was midnight,
> > I'm not the guru some of you are, I'd love to pay less for my ink
> and
> > might be biased :-)
> >
> > Bottom line = I was very impressed.
>
> Julian,
>
> I have some of Bernd's prints covering the same range of ink and
> driver options and I agree with all Shaun has to say above. I will
> add that the MIS FS are not going to print exactly like the Piezo
> inks. The process may involve some different adjustment to your files
> prior to printing. The final results may not be absolutely identical
> but what they show is that all three options are fully viable ways to
> make a top quality inkjet print.
>
> Martin Wesley
>
> (snip)>
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas"
> > <julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> > > Shaun, as someone who has just seen the difference between piezo
> > and FIS can
> > > you describe the two. I don't like the 'blueness' I've ssen of
> MIS -
> >  how
> > > would you describe FIS?
> > >
>
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