Digital BW, The Print

I understand what you are saying. We have not seen dots for a long time ourselves going 
pretty far back from my first quad system for IRIS through the various Piezography 
systems including the latest.

Its just a question of fidelity. Maybe its like in stereo equipment - where some need 
audiophile gear. As I am sitting here writing you, I am listening to Tree Blues by Ola Dara 
and really digging it. Thing is I am listening to it on my powerbook.  :)

I do not own an audiophile system. I used to. Used to even buy special vinyl which had 
been mastered direct to disk. I used to dig that a whole lot more - I can tell you...  :)

I think for many people the new inks are going to be more about their achromatic 
properties, and their ease of switching out and starting up. But I also think a lot of people 
are interested in the high fidelity once they see it. 

I don't think there is any doubt though that additional dilutions increases fidelity, as long 
as its handled properly by software or driver.

But as always - to each their own.

Jon Cone


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" <jeades1@s...> 
wrote:
> Jon,
> 
> I'm not disputing your inks ability to make dotless highlights, but I 
> am using MIS UT2 inks on an epson 1280 and I don't see any dots in my 
> highlights now. Is your dotless different? I'm not trying to be 
> sarcastic, just trying to understand how much the inkset is 
> contributing to what QTR produces on its end of the combination.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "piezobw" 
> <piezobw@c...> wrote:
> >
> -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" 
> <dfaprinting@y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "piezobw" 
> > > <piezobw@c...> wrote:
> > > > no dots and smoother transitions
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I can understand the dot issue in the lightest shades, but I'm 
> > > surprised you couldn't get dotless in the middle to almost black 
> > > areas.
> > 
> > That area should never be a problem with nearly any system.  
> Highlights can be though.
> > This is one in which we think the medium's worst critics can take 
> our highlights under 
> > a microscope now!!!!   :)
> 
> > 
> > Jon Cone