Digital BW, The Print

Hap,

I am sitting here hitting myself over the head going, "Duh! Why 
didn't I think of that!"

I have been complaining about the lack of a hex version of the MIS 
Full Spectrum ink set for the last couple of months completely 
forgetting that the hex Piezo ink set did not appear to actually use 
6 inks. Thank you for confirming this fact once and for all.

I think I see a set of Full Spectrum inks in a second 1280 in the not 
too distant future.

Thanks again!

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Hap Mullenneaux" 
<hapm@y...> wrote:
> Terry,
> MIS does not yet offer a 6 ink Full Spectrum ink set, but Bob Zeiss 
> explained that the piezoBW 6 ink set is actually 4 inks.  The 
magenta 
> position is the same as the light magenta and the cyan is the same 
as 
> light cyan.  This didn't make sense to him as the best way to do a 
6 
> ink set.  However, if you want to use the inks with the piezoBW 
> software just buy the Full Spectrum quad set and double up on the 
> cyan and magenta positions.  If you do a step wedge with these inks 
> and the Epson driver you get a really ugly gradient.  The shadows 
are 
> all messed up.  Do the step wedge with the piezoBW software and, 
> voila, a very nice gradient appears indicating that the inks are 
just 
> where the piezoBW driver expects them to be.  For best results I 
> played with the custom dot gain.  That was new to me, but my wife 
and 
> I now printing happily for the first time since July.
> Hap
> 
> driver just--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "TerryR" 
> <terryr1028@h...> wrote:
> > BIG SNIP 
> > 
> > >I'm using 
> > > MIS FS on my 1280 with the new piezoBW driver and I'm very 
> > > pleased with it.  
> > > Hap
> > 
> > Hap,
> > 
> > I only see MIS FS for the 4 color printers, where did you come up 
> > with a set for the 6 color printers? Martin and I have been 
wanting 
> > to try the MIS FS with the 1280 and Piezo driver.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Terry