Digital BW, The Print

I have 3 printers:  a 1280 dedicated to piezography, a 2200 and a
recent addition of a 4000.  I use the continuous ink flow for the
piezography (otherwise it is as or more expensive than the epson
inks).  I have not had problems with head clogging.  I love the prints
(have basically finalized on Legion PhotoMatte paper).  I have been
trying QTR on the 4000 and am not yet impressed.  A side by side
comparison of the 1280 piezography print and a 4000 print using QTR
shows more detail in the shadows in the piezography print; more
dynamic range, better highlights, and an overall better print.  I have
yet to be able to get a QTR curve to match the selenium toning inks of
the piezography ink set.  I gave up on trying to use the 2200 for
black & white prints which is why I went to the 1280 to begin with.  I
have no experience with the UT7 inks or the eboni black that many on
this forum discuss.  Once I went to the piezography, I decided not to
try to change inks.  I picked up the 1280 as a factory reconditioned
on the internet for a fair price (about $200).  The piezography
continuous ink system will cost you a lot more than that.  But, I have
found it worth it.

I showed a number of my images to Paul Sack (from the piezography
inks) and he was not aware that the images were digital prints.  Two
of my piezography images are in his collection, so that gives you an
idea of the quality achievable with piezography.  By the way, my
images are from film--I shoot with a Hasselblad, scan in the images,
and use Bill Atkinson's methods for cleaning up my images.

Mike