Digital BW, The Print

Hi Don,
this is Paul here, I was wondering where you obtain the inks?
Paul Mapstone 
Cologne Germany

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., pmapstone@m... 
wrote:
> Hi Don,
> this is Paul here, I was wondering where you obtain the inks?
> Paul Mapstone 
> Cologne Germany

I get them from photofile-ink.com here in the states. It might be 
easier if you get them from Lyson in England, where the home 
company is located.
Don

In a message dated 14.03.2002 20:30:48 Uhr, frenchpassive@... writes:

<< photofile-ink.com >>

Hi don sorry to bother you again, but have you had the opportunity to compare 
the lyson prints with other systems (mis)etc
Thanks once more
Paul Mapstone

No, I haven't compared to other inks. I was going to, but when I 
tested the Lyson inks, I was so pleased with the print quality, 
ease of use, and the ability to print without out all that fussing 
with curves/profiles etc. I just decided what was the point and 
have been printing away happily ever after. Of particular note, the 
Lyson won't clog your heads, and from what I've read from other 
users of MIS, the Lyson seems to have a richer deeper black, 
which can be a problem with the MIS.
Hope this answers your questions,
Don

Don-

I use Lyson and a number of other inks, mostly MIS FS on a piezo 
driver.

The most trouble free consistently good predictable result is the FS 
ink and the piezo driver (also prints 2-3x faster).

But the lyson (small gamut mostly) is the best dye ink I have found 
and that is what you really need if you want to make BW glossy or 
semi glossy prints.

I do find that a lot of mid tones block up on some papers...that 
would lead me to believe that profiling is very important with these 
inks...there are some primitive profiles available of the Lyson 
website for free.

I definitely agree that they never clog (though I have never had an 
MID clog either).

Cheers,

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Cameraguy5" 
<frenchpassive@y...> wrote:

> No, I haven't compared to other inks. I was going to, but when I 
> tested the Lyson inks, I was so pleased with the print quality, 
> ease of use, and the ability to print without out all that fussing 
> with curves/profiles etc. I just decided what was the point and 
> have been printing away happily ever after. Of particular note, the 
> Lyson won't clog your heads, and from what I've read from other 
> users of MIS, the Lyson seems to have a richer deeper black, 
> which can be a problem with the MIS.
> Hope this answers your questions,
> Don

Which lyson has the deep blacks, the cold, neutral or warm set, and how blue is the cold set? Available in bulk? costs? Where do you get
them?

Jerry




Cameraguy5 wrote:

> No, I haven't compared to other inks. I was going to, but when I
> tested the Lyson inks, I was so pleased with the print quality,
> ease of use, and the ability to print without out all that fussing
> with curves/profiles etc. I just decided what was the point and
> have been printing away happily ever after. Of particular note, the
> Lyson won't clog your heads, and from what I've read from other
> users of MIS, the Lyson seems to have a richer deeper black,
> which can be a problem with the MIS.
> Hope this answers your questions,
> Don
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Which lyson has the deep blacks, the cold, neutral or warm 
set, and how blue is the cold set? Available in bulk? costs? 
Where do you get
> them?
> 
> Jerry
I'm using the neutral tone and buying them in bulk 4oz bottles 
from Photofile-ink.com for $15.25 ea. I don't know about the 
warm tone and cool tone.
Don

Do you see any dot pattern at all, anywhere? and what printer are you using? Would you say the neutral set is really neutral, or is there a
brown/green cast?

Thanks!

Jer

Cameraguy5 wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > Which lyson has the deep blacks, the cold, neutral or warm
> set, and how blue is the cold set? Available in bulk? costs?
> Where do you get
> > them?
> >
> > Jerry
> I'm using the neutral tone and buying them in bulk 4oz bottles
> from Photofile-ink.com for $15.25 ea. I don't know about the
> warm tone and cool tone.
> Don
>
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Do you see any dot pattern at all, anywhere? and what printer 
are you using? Would you say the neutral set is really neutral, or 
is there a
> brown/green cast?

I'm printing on the Epson 1200 with a continuous flow system.
Regarding any color casts.....it really depends on the paper you 
are using...different papers give different colors. I do notice that it 
is very neutral under daylight and sorta on the warmer side 
under tungsten light. There are no dots visible....very smooth and 
contiuous tone.