Digital BW, The Print

I also find the Cone inks very beautiful. Sepia is my favorite, along
with a neutral highlight for faces in portrait images. They seem more
"pure" (if that makes sense) than prints I've done using colour toners
to offset the warm set of gray pigments. Creating curves is simplified
since all ink shades have the same tone. 

I am running a common K plus 3 Sepia (2-4-6) and 3 Neutral (3-5-7) so
I have toning and split tone flexibility from Neutral through Sepia.
Still very smooth using 4 shades.

The Cone cartridges are better than the MIS refillable cartridges.
I've not had air in these cartridges but I have had a few leak. Inkjet
Mall has been very good about replacing them.

I've run into problems printing below 28% humidity, as with MIS Pro
inks, but they've been pretty good above that.

I've just discovered an issue with DMAX variations in my last 3 - K
cartridges. This surprises me, because the inks are very high quality.
I need to talk with Inkjet Mall about this.

The lack of metamerism and beautiful smooth tones more than offset the
issues above. I plan to move to bottles and refillable cartridges. A
better quality refillable 2200 cartridge would be a great find!

My issues with MIS chips btw, is simply that they cannot be reset.

Terry.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>
> The Cone K7 inks are nothing like that. They have been completely
> reformulated. I guess MIS can't knock them off yet like the did the
> original Cone quads. K7 never cloggs and are as smooth as you can get
> in a monochrome pigment, smoother than Epson and a lot more beautiful.
> A lot of research went into them. They are also much tougher on the
> paper and are pretty much water proof when dried. You get what you pay
> for. As for bad chips you better hope the bad ones are not out of
> place, or bent, because that can destroy the chip sensors on your
> printer. That is scary having bad chips. 
> 
> john
> 
> 
>  > 
> > > Harry, I'm definitely no expert but I think the issue is that 
> > > particles in MIS carbons (or anybody else's inks) are not as fine as
> > > particles in Epson 2400 and 2200 OEM pigments. 
> > > 
> > > I think we're trying to run gravel through a hose. 
> > > 
> > > I hope somebody will correct this if I'm wrong.
> > > 
> > > John
> > hoo.com/info/terms/
> >
>