Digital BW, The Print

Bernd,

You wrote:

>... that means: for MIS VM Hex printing on a 7000/7500 you need
>the Piezo Pro 24 software ?

No, I was talking about he FS inkset.  The FS inkset is not a variable-tone
inkset.  The MIS VM is the variable-tone.  For the MIS VM, variable-tone
inkset there are at least draft curves available for most current printers.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Lon,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >MIS has quadtone FS inks in 4 and 16 oz. sets.  They also
seem to
> >have hextone FS cartridges. ...
>
> I think MIS states that you should call them if you are interested
in FS
> inks in hextone.
>
> I believe the situation is this -- For those using Piezo ink and
driver in a
> hextone printer, the FS inks can be used by putting the full
strength cyan
> and magenta inks in both the full-strength and light/"photo" ink
positions
> for those colors.  That is what the Piezo system does, and it
works very
> well.  However, if you do this you cannot use the Epson driver.
From my
> experience, the Epson driver cannot be controlled in a manner
that allows an
> acceptable print with the same density inks in the full-strength
and
> light/photo positions.  So, there is no Woolf curve that works for
hextones
> and FS inks.
>
> Paul