Digital BW, The Print

Photorag in either weight.

Julian
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From: <tomoc@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] For Julian: To Piezo or Not to Piezo...that is a
question.


> Mike-
>
> Julians reply hints at my interest in both Piezo and a 7000.
>
> I love Piezo because it prints so great and so quickly... I hate
> Piezo because I spend so much time fixing clogs... I'm getting
> psychotic. So I ran the Piezo cleaning carts and left them in to soak
> for a week while I wait for some MIS FS carts for my 1160.
>
> Just so I don't go off the deep end and buy a 7000 just for speed and
> then not get it... would you mind posting the estimated time for
> printing 8.5x11, 11x17 and 13x19? A guess is fine... Can to comment
> on the difference in using the Epson driver and the Piezo?
>
> This whole BW movement is taking me back to the 60s and making
> photography exciting again... Digital did it a while back and now
> this is really turning me on again...
>
> Any tips on favorite papers with FS vs. Piezo?
>
> FWIW, I have another printer dedicated to Lyson Small Gamut for toned
> prints... It's pretty good, too, but the lack of WYSIWYP (thanks for
> the new acronym, Steadman) makes it a bit of a drag... Not only is
> the output a little unpredictable, but the wait to see is 3x longer
> for me with the Epson driver vs. the Piezo.
>
> Thanks to all you folks for the comments... I'm learning more here
> than anywhere else ...
>
> Toc
> Tom O'Connell
> tomoc@...
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Michael J. Kravit"
> <mkravit@k...> wrote:
> > Julian,
> >
> > At the current time I am running MIS FS inks and the PiezoBW2Pro
> RIP
> > with the Epson 7000 and loving it. I find that the images look
> > identical except that I get a bit more shadow detail and the tone
> is
> > a bit more neutral.
> >
> > Mike
>
>
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