Re: Piezo expectations
2001-11-05 by sturos@mediaone.net
I am delighted that Jon Cone & Bill Bergh have so many loyal supporters out there...and I certainly wish them no ill will, though I DID find their system
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Re: [Digital BW] Lyson SG Inks
2001-11-05 by Jerry Olson
Small gamut made beautiful tone prints, but has a lot of metamerism. Also not available in bulk, and the price of cartridges is outrageous. (IMHP). Try 45 Blue
EAM watermark
2001-11-05 by Todd Flashner
My local sources still stock Epson EAM with the watermark on the back of the 8.5x11 letter size sheets. Does anyone know of a mail order supply that carries
"NOT" Piezo Complaining FOR: JeffM
2001-11-05 by Steadman Uhlich
Jeff, It is too bad you had a bad experience...or lack of good experience...to make you happy. I think the IJM site is the very informative and balanced. And
RE: [Digital BW] Lyson SG Inks
2001-11-05 by Nij
Hi, I m sorry to hear that you had such disappointment with Piezography. However, I think that you are being unfair about them not being up-front about their
Re: [Digital BW] Lyson SG Inks/Piezo Complaining
2001-11-05 by jeffm@gis.net
... I think the problem with Cone is: If you are a Newbie and just go to the IJM website, Piezography is touted as miracle. There is noting on the web site to
RE: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities
2001-11-05 by Alessandro Pardi
Paul, I must have missed something: where do I get the color test curve and where exactly do I have to look on the scan from the 21-step scan for the 4 inks
Re: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities
2001-11-05 by Julian Thomas
Paul, just thinking out loud here... I ve never got my hand on a 7000, so I don t know how the ink carts work, but should it possible to bulk load FS and print
Re: Clarification - Levels & Curves
2001-11-05 by tynmansystems@yahoo.ca
Cleavis, They are indeed quite similar. Anything you can do in the levels tool can also be done in the curves tool. However, the curves tool gives the user
RE: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities
2001-11-05 by Paul Roark
Alessandro, ... They are very close, and they should be the same. I d assume they are a feasible substitute with at most minor corrections. To be honest, I
Re: [Digital BW] Lyson SG Inks/Piezo Complaining
2001-11-05 by Julian Thomas
... Kodak ... I agree with you here. My sick printer which is now microbanding on PR just printed two perfect prints on Ultima Satin. These two are for you
Re: [Digital BW] Lyson SG Inks/Piezo Complaining
2001-11-05 by Robert Morrison
... You will find the statement about Glossy papers on their website as well as an extensive list of maintenance issues related to what to do when your printer
Re: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities
2001-11-05 by Julian Thomas
Me too! I ll post my impressions when they arrive. Another HUGE advantage over IJM for outside US customers is that they give you a choice of shipping methods,
RE: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities
2001-11-05 by Alessandro Pardi
Paul, I suppose that MIS Full Spectrum quads densities are very similar - if not equal - to Piezo, given that these inks are also known as Cone clone . Am I
Re: [Digital BW] Lyson SG Inks/Piezo Complaining
2001-11-05 by Robert Morrison
... Funny, I always thought Cone was very upfront about gloss papers...they don t work! In fact many of them (ProPhoto Silk, Kodak Ultima Satin, Kodak Pro
Re: [Digital BW] Clarification - Levels & Curves
2001-11-05 by Todd Flashner
... Levels gives you three points from which to alter the tonality of a channel/image (the two end + middle). Curves gives you 256 points at which to you may
[Digital BW] Clarification - Levels & Curves
2001-11-05 by Paul Roark
... The levels clips off the ends of the scale. The curves just compresses those tones. So, I use levels to fit the image data to the full 256 (if 8 bit)
RE: [Digital BW] MIS Ink mixup
2001-11-05 by Alessandro Pardi
Jeff, I ve been hopelessly waiting for weeks for MIS to sell pre-filled cartridges with the new quads, until I just gave up and ordered bulk inks, virgin carts
Re: Lyson SG Inks
2001-11-05 by dkdion@home.com
I switched from Cones Piezo BW to Lyson Small Gamut in my 1160 due to severe clogging problems (although I love the look of the Piezo BW prints). So far no
Lyson SG Inks
2001-11-05 by sturos@mediaone.net
Good Morning All; I was at the PhotoExpo in NY last week specifically to check out alternate inks for b/w printing. Have had great disappointments with the
Clarification - Levels & Curves
2001-11-05 by Cleavis
I ve known and used levels and curves...ok...but using them this morning I wondered, are they the same tool looked at in different ways? I ll read the book
Trouble with MIS on Epson Photo 700
2001-11-05 by Cookies
Hi, New to this very active list. You guys are cool. Been experimenting with MIS quads on my old 700, and finding blacks very mushy vs my 1270 or even 700 with
Re: [Digital BW] Open Invite to London Meet
2001-11-05 by Julian Thomas
Sounds good. I ll bring my prints in a box, so you ll have something to carry them home in. I m printing 10 sq on A3 - is that OK? Julian ... From: Nij
RE: [Digital BW] Open Invite to London Meet
2001-11-05 by Nij
I m thinking of the same place as last time... but it depends on numbers as if we have a lot of people respond I ll try and find a place that we can get a
RE: [Digital BW] possible allignment problem
2001-11-05 by Nij
David, this sounds like a problem some people experienced with Cone piggy inks - it was suggested that the viscosity of the ink was too high so the ink
misallignment problem
2001-11-05 by daschkenas@aol.com
Paul, I m using color MIS pigs, and they have been in the printer for a couple of months now, about 1/3 used up so far. The magenta line I speak of is on a
Re: [Digital BW] possible allignment problem
2001-11-05 by Ken Prigg
-Misallignment problem with MIS quad Black ink: After converting an optimized Grayscale to RGB and 16 bits, I use curves to laod my selected profile. Then
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Paul Roark's Comparison Print.
2001-11-05 by Mikiten
I ve never seen a green print thus far. I ve tried several papers and even with EAM, there is no green. In fact, I ve only had one real clog on my 1160 which
Re: Open house, quads to view, cross post
2001-11-05 by sanfordcbarnes@hotmail.com
... open house. I m taking part and will have many 17x22 quads ... by. This isn t an ad, or a show, pretty informal. Since it s ... Tyler: The piezo prints
Re: [Digital BW] possible allignment problem
2001-11-05 by Bill Morse
David- Was this misalignment intentional? on 11/4/01 6:06 PM, daschkenas@aol.com wrote: N o o ne has replied yet, so once again I would like to ask if anyon e
Re: [Digital BW] Paul Roark's Comparison Print.
2001-11-05 by James Klebau
Some (all?) plexiglas has a VERY slight warm (pink?) tint, which helps bring my piezo prints back to neutral. Jim Klebau
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Paul Roark's Comparison Print.
2001-11-05 by Jerry Olson
Do most of you who saw all three of paul s images on his website think the piezo print is green? This print almost exactly matches my piezo prints on most
RE: [Digital BW] possible alignment problem
2001-11-04 by Paul Roark
David, Usually when I hear that someone sees magenta with the MIS VM inkset (and I don t know which inkset you are using), it is left-over OEM ink in the head.
[Digital BW] Paul Roark's Comparison Print -- mistake corrected
2001-11-04 by Paul Roark
Sorry, I made a mistake in my last post on this subject. The Somerset Velvet RGB reading was wrong. The RGB readings of the prints done with Piezo ink on EAM
[Digital BW] MIS Ink mixup
2001-11-04 by Paul Roark
... For my sepia toner experiments, I asked MIS for the newest, more-fade-resistant yellow pigment. What I received was a bottle labeled FS - Yellow.
Re: European Print Exchange
2001-11-04 by James Lerager
Hi, Nij, I d like to participate, if possible. I am US-based - and I work and photograph internationally. I have used Piezo for 15 months now, and have closed
possible allignment problem
2001-11-04 by daschkenas@aol.com
N o o ne has replied yet, so once again I would like to ask if anyon e has experienced any kind of slight out of allig nment prob le m with a 1280 using M IS
Re: [Digital BW] Paul Roark's Comparison Print.
2001-11-04 by tanola@indresano.com
... FS-N1-PZO.jpg, ... Piezo ... his own ... and ... profiler ... the ... the ... my ... has ... your ... another. ... about 4 ... used a ... much. I now load
[Digital BW] Paul Roark's Comparison Print.
2001-11-04 by Paul Roark
... All I can say or put out there what my experience is. I ve had about 4 bathces of Piezo 4 oz. bottles. All were about the same color. I used a CIS but
Re: Paul Roark's Comparison Print.
2001-11-04 by amadiallo2001@yahoo.com
I ve been using the Piezo inks for less than 2 months, but have made many prints on Somerset Velvet and tested a lot of paper samples and not once have I seen
RE: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by Steven Chambers
Jeff, I spray three quick coats of Lyson Printguard when the print is dry. This eliminates the bronzing completely. The blacks are even deeper with no
Re: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by jeffm@gis.net
... Julian; I do not use the Piezo driver. Even on EAM I had micro banding with the Piezo driver. My solution was to use the Epson driver which employs good
Re: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by Julian Thomas
In the piezo box there is a choice of epson photo quality glossy and premium glossy. Which would you recomend? Julian ... From: Julian Thomas
Re: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by Julian Thomas
it is a spanish fixative spray for inkets. I usually use epson glossy setting, I ll trty your suggestions. Julian ... From: To:
Re: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by jeffm@gis.net
... Julian; I have found that using the glossy film setting in the Epson driver reduces any slight banding. What kind of spray are you using? -jeff
Re: MIS Ink mixup
2001-11-04 by Ruhrfoto/Bernd L.
... ,,,,,,, but tis is bottle 4oz bottle labeling for CIS ............... B.
Re: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by Julian Thomas
Jeff, I spray US within 10mins of printing, no bronzing, then another coat. The only problem I have is that it shows microbanding sometimes. Julian ... From:
Re: MIS Ink mixup
2001-11-04 by Ruhrfoto/Bernd L.
... trying ... set of each ... having fun ... how ... Full ... wrong ... For ... QDD cart. ... cartridge they ... Jeff, my labeling is as follows: for FS: MIS
Kodak Ultam Satin
2001-11-04 by jeffm@gis.net
To listers out there using Kodak Ultama Satin paper with pig quad inks; Does the use of a UV spray or other spray eliminate the bronzing effect you get when
MIS Ink mixup
2001-11-04 by jeffm@gis.net
Hey Everyone; Yesterday I received my first order from MIS. I was interested in trying out both the quad VM and the quad FS on my 1160. I ordered a set of each