Digital BW, The Print

I also think that 7 grays are probably not necessary for most  
applications and any smoothness gains would be hard to detect on fine  
art papers.  I'm using 4 of the neutral k7 grays (including the  
black) and the carbon sepia inks in a dual quad setup on my 4000,  
driven by QTR.  I'm very pleased with the prints from both inksets.

Carl
On Oct 6, 2005, at 5:54 AM, Ben Ong wrote:

> RE: piezography K7
>
>
>
> Hi Bill. I've been using K7 inks on my 2100/2200 for a few weeks  
> now and the
> results are not very good.  If you are used to printing with  
> Piezotones and
> Studioprint RIP with Portfolio Black you will be very very  
> dissapointed.
> Deffinatelly not worth changing from the set up mentioned, to K7.  
> My prints
> actually look worse! (unless I'm doing something wrong???)
>
> There is only a SLIGHT increase in tonal range and a SLIGHT  
> increase in
> smoothness. The dmax is actually worse. You can get the same Dmax  
> with the
> first generation Ultrachrome inks! Just goes to show that 4 blacks was
> plenty to match a silver print (on matte paper). Seems as though K7  
> is a bit
> of a gimick. Just my experiance anyway, again I could be doing  
> something
> wrong? How is everyone else finding it out there?
>
>
> Thanks, Benny.



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