Digital BW, The Print

Well... Most folks here seem to use piezography ink or MIS (all the 
flavors but mostly VM or FS).

I have some experience with Lyson Small Gamut which is a dye based 
ink and it is virtually clog free, but not cheap as it is only 
available in cartridge form. 

I have been using the MIS FS ink as my primary (both with piezo 
software and with Epson driver (using John Wolf's curves)for about a 
month now... Went through 4 sets of carts with totally no clogs, 
banding or anything but perfect nozzle checks... A couple of weeks 
now into using FS with CIS and got a microbanding issue yesterday, 
cleaning "changed" it but didn't fix it, so I brought out the windex 
and and overnight soak gave me perfect nozzle checks again and have 
been printing 13x19 prints all day with no issues, so I think this is 
a solution that deserves serious consideration.

I have a few VM carts I want to try (in between LSG carts) just to 
see how good it is. I doubt that I will actually switch from LSG 
because I like making the ocassionaly glossy print and that just 
isn't practical with any of the pigment inks...even the pigment mixes 
don't really cut it.

I guess I would advise you to find an ink you like and then install a 
CIS system to save money, rather than switching inks for economy.

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Cameraguy5" 
<frenchpassive@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> 
> wrote:
> > very good info at inkjetart.com
> Thanks for the tip, but I've already looked there, and there is no 
> information regarding the differences between the various inks. 
> I'm really looking for some hands-on experience with people 
> who have used these inks or know about them.
> Thanks