Digital BW, The Print

This "wisdom" attempts to answer a bit, the questions posed by Jeff Curto.

I used MIS and then Piezography for a good 5 years on several printers, the
Epson 3000 and the Epson 1160. They were great printers and great B/W work
flows 3 - 4 years ago. But then it happened. What? I don't exactly know but
my beautiful process went to hell. I think the printers went from slow to
slower, Cones inks changed and I never did sucessfully make that work. About
a year ago I abandoned both. I was just plain tired of struggling and
spending money on old technology, or imperfect products, whatever.

I now have a 2200, but the ink tanks are small and I have no need to do much
work on it.  I may sell if I get a good offer.  I also have the 4000 and
think it's great. I can almost get great B/W prints using all the inks and
Mac Holberts (CD with the 4000) workflow, but, and I struggled with this
one, they have a bit of metamerism (not objectionable in most light as a
stand alone print).  I now have the ImagePrint RIP and the results are
great.  A lot of money but this RIP has everything in the way of options.
There is a big learning curve and I am on the bottom so ask me in 6 months,
but for now this is the way to go. My friends have the same setup and I know
it works for them.  Also if time is a factor You can get a 16x20 very fast
instead of 1 1/2 hours on the 3000.

I don't know about QTR? I hear it is slow and I don't like the sound of the
process.

Art Schaefer