Digital BW, The Print

ok, this seems like it will easily drift into something unpleasant... 
but I'll add my final comments.

When I went into quadtone printing I was more than willing to go with 
PiezographyBW, but there where a number of people who had paid for it 
and then ended up liking MIS better so it didn't seem to make much 
sense to immediately spend as much money as possible without knowing 
why when in the end I might also be more satisfied with something 
else.  No, I am not more concerned with cost than image quality, but 
I'm not a snob either.  I only care about producing photos that I am 
proud of, no matter what the cost.

Also, since you are implying that MIS inksets and workflows are 
inferior to Cone and are only suitable for people "more concerned 
about money and less about image quality" I have to ask you what 
experience you have with the MIS inksets?  Which inks and what 
printers have you used?  How long?

And finally, there can be fools on boths sides.  I've seen lots of 
fools convince themselves that what they have is best simply because 
it cost them more... have to justify the cost somehow.

When the MIS UTFS come out are you willing to send me an example 
Piezography print to compare with it?  I'd love to be wowed into buy 
Piezography and would have no problem with the expense if it is 
really that much better and would be help advertise the differences.

mark

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> And you never will if you don't use it will you now.
> It seems to me your more concerned about money and less about image 
quality
> my friend.
> 
> If I went with a compatible inkset from MIS I could get the Cone IIC
> profiles if the Roark curves don't work out
> 
> No you could not, the current ICC profiles are specific to the 
Piezo ink set
> and the ink set tone sequences which are specific to Piezo.
> 
> (ie. I've heard about and seen too many 
> examples of posterization in cone prints to ignore).
> 
> What is "too many"? is it like say for example 2% of total customer 
base, is
> that too many? I don't think it is myself.
> 
> You cannot fool all the B&W people all the time but any one 
individual can
> easily fool themselves all the time and they do, all the time.
> 
> Richard
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