Digital BW, The Print

I'm wondering though about my initial ink order -
> whether to go for the FS (full spectrum) or the VT (variable Tone)
> variety ?

> Any comments ?

Well, I wouldn't like the FS inks at all. They are identical to the
color of piezo inks, which is to my eyes, is brown on pure white papers.
 With the VM inks you can have any tone you want from brown to very
cold, almost blue.

> I assume the appropriate curves are as good for either type of ink?

No, I believe they are different. email Paul Roark at:
paul.roark@... to be sure, though.

> And are the curves customised for particular papers ? If so which &
> are they also available from MIS?

Not really, Paul's curves seem to work with almost any paper. I've
discovered that using the backlight media setting instead of the
heavyweight matte setting results in much deeper blacks. This works very
well on Legions Photo Matte Paper, and the Brightcube Eclipse Satine
paper, 2 of my favorite papers. Also works on Epson Archival Matte paper
and several others.

> I would be aspiring to a traditional fibre base paper i.e. a smooth
> semi-gloss type of finish rather than a textures water colour
> surface. I have seen a print done on Epson Archival Matte and found
> the paper surface to be a bit "dead" - on the other hand I dislike
> the super gloss that you get on traditional RC glossy prints - any
> comments ?

The only paper I dislike worse than glossy paper is semi glossy paper. I
think prints on it look very tacky and amateurish.  But this is only my
opinion, of course. :) Correct, but mine!

Eclipse is a beautiful paper, thick, pure white. you can print on either
side, and one side has a little texture and the other is smooth. 100
Percent rag, and pH neutral. Not expensive.

Jerry

Also Photo matte is now about the same price as epson's archival matte.
There is no logo on the back, it is whiter than epson, and thicker than
epson. Great blacks too, if you use paul roark's curves but substitute
the backlight film setting for heavyweight matte.

Jerry





> 
> > You use one of the five curves every time you print. They go from
> cold,
> > to cool, to neutral, to medium warm, to warm. You just load the
> curve
> > you wish to use before you print the picture and print.
> 
> > MIS also makes a full spectrum set of inks that are identical in
> tone to
> > the very warm, and very expensive piezo inks.
> >
>  If you use Paul Roark's curves your print quality will be identical
> to
> > the Piezo prints.
> >
> > Also, be sure you get a CIS system for the 4 ounce bottles of ink.
> You
> > don't want to be using the very expensive cartridges.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> 
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