Digital BW, The Print

I have never used the Piezo driver but from having participated in three
print exchanges I can say I don't "notice" a difference in quality between
the PiezoBW driver and a well executed workflow through the Epson driver.
They each have slightly different characteristics, but neither better than
the other.

They do have different capabilities, costs, benefits, and workflows, which
do need to be considered, but of "quality" of print I'd say they're quite
equal.

(Of course a printer which is acting up on with either system is a killer)

Todd

> 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
> 
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