Digital BW, The Print

If you want to use piezo inks or MIS FS you need the piezo driver. If not,
the MIS VM would be fine using Paul's curves. There is no one 'best'
solution - a lot of people here argue stongly for particular brands/inks
combinations. it all depends on what you like. The only provisos are that
you use the necessary technical bits i.e. the correct driver for the inks.
I'd rather have the driver and handfill the carts - you could buy the inks
in 4oz bottles and fill them yourself. So the cheapest route is for MIS VM
using either CIS or handfilling the carts - next up is the Cone kit with MIS
FS afterwards. You maybe able to do a deal with someone to buy the inks. But
an initial purchase of 56USD for MIS VM isn't a bad place to start. You may
not need anything else.

Julian

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "markhahn2000" <markhahn2000@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 6:44 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Inks, Epson vs. Cone etc. was:(more newbie q's)


> Paul, Jason and Julian,
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cost is an issue to me... that is why I would like to try out the
> $150 MIS CFS first with a proven workflow instead of just sending
> Cone $600 for their driver and CIS.  Is it really going to take the
> Cone driver to get great prints?  If this is the case I sould
> probably start out with MIS FS and then get the Cone driver... the
> problem is that Cone will not just sell the driver.  If you already
> have a CFS on you printer Cone still makes you purchase a kit
> complete with carts that you don't need, they won't even give you
> store credit for them (which I think is a little hard-nosed).
>
> mark
>
> ...
> > I hate to say it but I prefer the lookof FS - everyone who has seen
> side by
> > side comparisons of my pre and post piezo prints agree.
> ...
> > > If you use the Piezo driver and inks you are going to get great
> prints.
> > Use
> > > the FS inks with the Piezo driver if cost is an issue. No
> workflow, just
> > > print...
> ...
> etc.
>
>
>
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