Digital BW, The Print

Great info!
Thank you!
How
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mtiktinsky" 
<mtiktinsky@t...> wrote:
> 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