Digital BW, The Print

Julian, I understood the FS inks were the Cone Clone, meaning brownish
prints. Shouldn't he be trying the VM varibable tone inks?

Jerry



Julian Thomas wrote:
> 
> Steve, If you've bought Piezo but want a cooler tone, try MIS FS. You use
> the piezo driver and the FS inks. The only difference you'll notice is a
> cooler print, no clogs, no greenies, and a healthier bank balance.
> 
> Julian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "steven0356" <stevenr@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Best method for printing BW
> 
> > 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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