Digital BW, The Print

I believe MIS says 100 years plus

Jerry



steven0356 wrote:
> 
> Thanks Paul, the warm tone is one of the things I did not like about
> the Piezo prints. Not that warm prints are bad I just think I lean
> toward the cooler tones also. Do the MIS inks have the same archival
> qualities as the Piezo inks?
> 
> Steve Schaefer
> 
>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <
> paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > >I just saw my first digital BW prints from an Epson 1160 using the
> > >piezography inks. They looked vary good. ...
> > >Are the Epson printers and piezography inks the best way to go
> > >or are there other printers and or inks that can do just as
> > >well or better ... ?
> >
> > Most on this list use Epson printers with either Piezo inks or MIS
> inks
> > (inksupply.com).
> >
> > I started with Piezo and now print the MIS VM variable-tone inkset
> with the
> > Epson driver.  It gives me control over the tone of the print
> (Piezo is
> > warm -- I wanted neutral or cool to match my silver prints, but
> note that
> > the MIS VM inkset also can print warmer than Piezo), bands less
> (meaning
> > virtually never) in my 1160, and gives deeper blacks than the Piezo
> system.
> >
> > Also the MIS inks are much cheaper and, from a new purchaser's
> perspective,
> > there is no software to buy.  So, it's very cheap to buy a
> cartridge of MIS
> > VM inks and give them a try.  The cost of trying Piezo is rather
> steep,
> > however.
> >
> > Either way, top notch prints are definitely what you should expect
> from
> > either approach.
> >
> > Paul
> > http://www.PaulRoark.com
> 
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