Digital BW, The Print

Yes, I know that no one wants to get into a bitter arguement over 
this and I recognize the potential:)  ...but has anyone compared 
results from Paul's VM and John Woolf's FS 1160 workflow?  ...or 
being less confrontational, willing to say, "I use X and get great 
results."  Can anyone confirm John's assertation that the Cone driver 
is no better than Epson with a 1160?

thanks for all the hand-holding!

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" 
<julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> 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