Digital BW, The Print

I'm afraid I disagree totally. I've tried FS with the Epson and W. workflow
and it is lacking in smoothness and has dots. The Cone driver makes the
print head 'fill in' the gaps in the dots and effectively doubles the res of
the printer. i talso has profile for the papers - very important. I've seen
VM with Paul's curves (thanks Bernd!) and it is very good. if I hadn't
already got the piezo driver I'd be using a 6 pot printer and VM.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "markhahn2000" <markhahn2000@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Inks, Epson vs. Cone etc. was:(more newbie q's)


> 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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