Digital BW, The Print

Wolf, a number o f people on this have moved to FS inks with the piezo
driver. All you will see is a slightly cooler print. The functionality is
exactly the same. All the profiles work . I won't go back.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "wolfkphotos" <wolfkutnahorskyphotos@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Piezo to MIS VM transisition...


> This question may have already been addressed previously, but I am
> new
> to the B&W digital print process, having just invested in the
> piezography system.
> Is it possible to print with the MIS FS inks using the Cone plug-in
> and
> their paper profiles? If so, how accurate do the profiles remain with
> that ink/paper combinations?
> I have just tested about 10 different papers  using the Cone profiles
> and was impressed with their consistency- there was very little
> adjustment required when changing the papers other than nozzle
> alignment for thickness. I'd hate to lose this functionality, but I
> need to convert now to a CIS system, and Cone is seriously expensive,
> and causing me some problems as well.
> I seem to be experiencing the dread clogs, and although the nozzle
> check prints out with no gaps whatever, I see very fine banding in
> the
> dark midtones through to the blacks. This banding was not occuring
> for
> the first week or so after I converted my 1200 to the system, but
> after
> leaving the printer unused over the Xmas holidays, I got the bands.
> Nothing I do gets me back to the original state (I've tried all the
> cleaning
> tricks) and am hoping that a change of inks will do the trick.
> I've seen what the system is capable of, and want desperately to
> retire
> my wet-room, but I'm just not yet producing the quality that I need
> in
> order to do so.
> I've made labs redo giclees because of technical problems with
> their prints, and I don't want to be put in that same position where
> my
> clients do the same to me.
> Thanks in advance for your comments.
> Wolf Kutnahorsky
>
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