2002-08-04 by Austin Franklin
Roy, ... No. I simply do not believe the Piezo system prints more than 100 tones, first off...and if I remember right, that is actually the original claim by
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2002-08-04 by Austin Franklin
... How do you feed in 256 graytones, and now claim that each ink now has 256 graytones...that s a huge leap of something, and, at least to me, makes no sense.
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2002-08-04 by Sam A. McCandless
... Do you see a difference on Merlin, Diana, among those of the various Piezo ink sets which you ve tried? (Not that I know which those are.) ... But not ink
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2002-08-04 by Thom McGraw
... Mostly EAM with a bit of photo rag and german etching now and then. All printed slow speed at 1440. I haven t noticed any difference between paper types
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2002-08-04 by Truman Prevatt
As we say down South, Epson may end up with a pig in a poke over this 2100/2200 gray balancer. Epson USA through their consultants are telling us the GB is the
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2002-08-04 by dmeriwether16
... (After friendly call to MIS, but someone need to tell them that being friendly is just the start of good customer service): Here is the what the person on
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2002-08-04 by Bob Frost
Mitch, Surely the reason for the 1280/90 and 2100/2200 dual numbering is not just the different power supplies in the US, but the different paper sizes, so the
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2002-08-04 by Anthony Atkielski
... If an image is printed at its original resolution, the number of gray levels will never exceed the number present in the original. So if the original has
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2002-08-04 by royvharrington
... Hi Austin, Sorry for joining late, but I ve been away. Your arguments seem so self-evident that it hard to see what else is going on. Say you were to
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2002-08-04 by Robert Morrison
Epson techs typically use 1:9 household ammonia/distilled water for the nozzle flush. I d be inclined not to put surfactant (which is in the fantastic and
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2002-08-04 by Martin Wesley
... From: Austin Franklin To: Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:15 PM Subject: RE:
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2002-08-04 by jrandall1149
Richard: The quickest way to check how black your ink is with your printer, inkset, and paper combo is to print out a step wedge and look at the black step. If
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2002-08-04 by jrandall1149
Richard: The quickest way to check how black your ink is with your printer, inkset, and paper combo is to print out a step wedge and look at the black step.
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2002-08-04 by antonisphoto
Richard, you can test better by printing a gray scale (such as the one that came with the piezo s/w) and taking a density reading of the 100% patch. If you let
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2002-08-04 by antonisphoto
Could be air in the cart.... or high humidity/temp? Run the OEM inks for a while to make sure the printer is OK. Antonis (Please remember to change the
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2002-08-04 by rich8155
Hello all, I am printing with an 1160 and MIS FS-N inks and lately I ve been quite pleased with my results as far as smooth tonal gradations and sharpness of
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2002-08-04 by rich8155
Hello all, I am printing with an 1160 and MIS FS-N inks and lately I ve been quite pleased with my results as far as smooth tonal gradations and sharpness of
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2002-08-04 by jrandall1149
Andy: You might want to try injecting/sucking Windex instead of Fantistic through your printhead nozzles (as described on the MIS site--I think?). I don t
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2002-08-04 by Truman Prevatt
This was in the 70 s - yes they were silver. Kerstel was very demanding on his prints - and on his students. He used every creative path at his disposal for to
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2002-08-04 by Jeff Magidson
... Andrew; I know that the metamerism on the 2200 is much less than on the 2000P. In your opinion is it also much lessened than the Epson OEM inks in the 1280
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2002-08-04 by Frank Vena
can anyone help me? i just got a new set of PiezographyBW carts for my Epson 1200 and hadn t used it in quite some time. as a result i ve got a clog that i
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2002-08-04 by Mitch Alland
... IMHO Andrew has conclusively shown in his postings that the Gray Balancer is not good software. Moreover, having seen Andrew s postings on various forums
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2002-08-04 by tboleyyh
... Austin, I honestly can t explain it any better than I did. I really think you have to think beyond your file, and see the entire system including the ink
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2002-08-04 by Austin Franklin
Tyler, Before responding to your post, I have one simple question for you. If the file only contains 256 levels of gray, and IF (BIG IF) what you claim is
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2002-08-04 by Martin Wesley
... From: Truman Prevatt To: Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 4:17 PM Subject: Re:
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2002-08-04 by Martin Wesley
Bob, Good question but no clear cut answer. Probably depends upon the individual perception of what is neutral and what is pleasing. I guess our best mono
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2002-08-04 by Diana York
Of course I am partial, but have been getting great results printing photos on Hawk Mountain Merlin paper with a 3000 and Piezography inks/drivers. It is a
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2002-08-04 by DC
on 8/3/02 2:25 PM PST, akivisuals@yahoo.com wrote: [snip] ... Andy- Not sure what technique you are using to inject the head with Fantastik, but this is
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2002-08-03 by Sam A. McCandless
Here s a link snipped from a old post of Paul s: The new MIS VM-Sepia variable-mix/tone inkset covers the range of neutral to sepia tones, and may be
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2002-08-03 by thedigitaldog
... ... again. Not at all. I m saying the can do it today (yesterday). I m saying that in order to do this and not charge thousands of
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2002-08-03 by Robert Morrison
... Wow...never thought I would ever read that! Robert PS I m not sure I would say better...but it is a nice little toy!...and yes Leica is to Bessa as
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2002-08-03 by antonisphoto
Andrew, you are making it sound like they have to invent the wheel all over again. It boils down to writing a driver and profiles and picking up a decent mono
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2002-08-03 by Robert Morrison
No. Robert
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2002-08-03 by Ernst Dinkla
... From: tboleyyh To: Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 5:42 AM Subject: [Digital BW]
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2002-08-03 by Truman Prevatt
This is true. Richard Kerstel, who I had for a few courses at Maryland Institute of Art told me one time that he always makes several versions of his prints
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2002-08-03 by Frank J Mares
I have used the 1280 both with Piezogtaphy BW and Piezotone. I have had very little problems, except with the switch from CIS Piezo to CIS Piezotone, in which
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2002-08-03 by Ernst Dinkla
... From: royvharrington To: Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:45 AM Subject: [Digital BW]
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2002-08-03 by ungram
I m just getting started with MIS VM and testing paper. The Eclipse looks beautiful. The sample pack had 190, 300 and 350 weights. Is there any reason to
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2002-08-03 by thedigitaldog
... Not at all. Making a profile is far easier. What you need to do is use the NEW extended RGB target for ProfilerMaker instead of the 2.88 target and you ll
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2002-08-03 by thedigitaldog
... with ... IF your aim is only to make B&W prints, I agree. The 2200 still shows some metamerism (far, far less than the last generation or printers). With
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2002-08-03 by thedigitaldog
... inexpensive (say $500 or less), or is that an unrealistic goal? There are a few products in that price range that create profiles using a scanner rather
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2002-08-03 by Martin Wesley
I have to agree with Carolyn and Joel. The 1200 would be my last choice for grayscale inks. The 1280 is a much better printer. Martin Wesley
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2002-08-03 by Martin Wesley
... From: lawrencetrek To: Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:28 AM Subject: [Digital BW]
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2002-08-03 by Martin Wesley
... From: Truman Prevatt To: Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: Re:
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2002-08-03 by Robert Morrison
I have to confess that I haven t read every post on this incredibly long and angry thread...but here are my two cents (hopefully not more gas into the
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2002-08-03 by GJ Kunze
I just checked out the website and would like to point out that they are hawking refurbs for that price. B & H is selling new for $469 , $30 instore
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2002-08-03 by Bob Frost
Andrew, As far as I can see, the 2200/2100 is a prosumer printer - aimed at serious amateur photographers. I can see that some professionals might see that
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2002-08-03 by mbarleystudio
... system. ... 1200 ... what some ... Using ... from other ... in proper ... just not ... who ... thanks Carolyn for taking the time to respond. I ll heed
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2002-08-03 by Bill Boy
If your interested in a 1280 I just ordered one from electified.com for $388 then you get a $100 rebate on top of that-- $288 plus shipping Refurb thought but
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2002-08-03 by httivals
The 1200 works very well with the Roark VM inks and curves. I ve been using one for about a year now. Occasionally there is very very fine microbanding, but
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