Digital BW, The Print

Stu,

If you are interested in a pearl finish paper I recommend the Kodak 
Ultima Satin for us with the pigment ink sets. It will need a 
fixative spray. 

You also might consider the MIS Full Spectrum inks to use with the 
Piezo software. The inks are a very close match to Piezo and the MIS 
inks seem to have far less clogging problems than the Piezo inks.

If you want the glossy paper, a dye based ink would be the better way 
to go.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Stu Rosner <sturos@m...> 
wrote:
> Dear All;
> 
> I have been trying for about a year to get acceptable results 
making black
> and white prints using Epson printers and easily available paper.
> 
> At first I bought and tried Jon Cones Piezography system, but found 
that
> there were two problems that I could not get around:
> 
> 1) the inks continually clogged the print heads terribly. there are 
all
> kinds of fixes for this, revolving around soaking the pads with 
Fantastik,
> and doing all kinds of other stuff, but it's an incredible waste of 
time and
> money.
> 
> 
> 2) Even more significantly, the Cone Inks do not work well with 
anything
> besides a really flat paper.
> I've found that the ink does not take to Epson's premium luster, a 
paper
> that most closely emulates Ilford Pearl surface paper, a paper I've 
used and
> loved for 20 years.
> 
> I had bought an 1160 printer, and dedicated it to black and white, 
but since
> the Cone system has pretty much flamed out, I have been printing 
off an
> Epson 1270 using color inks to make black and white prints, and the 
results
> are OK, but not great..the blacks are really purple-y, and overall 
the tone
> is cold. Even with various adjustments to the Epson Drivers, I have 
not come
> up with a 
> tone that is consistently good ie, either too cold or too green...
> I have been trying to tweak these color adjustments, but with no 
great luck,
> tho I still trying other settings and hoping for the best...
> 
> I have been in touch with MIS, and they tell me that their inks do 
not work
> well with
> either luster, semi-gloss or glossy papers.
> 
> So, the Epson printer,inks and papers work very well as an 
integrated
> system, 
> but the tones are not quite right, or at least I have not been able 
to hit
> the
> proper settings/profiles...
> 
> Look forward to hearing from anyone with similar experiences, 
especially if
> you've
> worked your way through this...
> 
> Best;
> Stu Rosner
> sturos@c...
> sturos@m... 
> 
> 
> 
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