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Re: [Digital BW] Piezo inks versus MIS Quadtones

Re: [Digital BW] Piezo inks versus MIS Quadtones

2001-08-30 by Jerry Olson

You can't use the piezo driver with MIS inks, and you will see the dots with MIS inks on the 3000 printer. Piezo inks will give you the
smoothness you want, but they are rather brownish, especially on pure white papers.

Jerry



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> I am trying to decide between Piezo inks or MIS Quadtone inks
> for my Epson 3000.  As these cartridges are large, and
> expensive, I was wondering if anyone has some thoughts on
> which of these two inksets I should go with.  The Piezos run
> about $260 for the set.  With the MIS's I can get preloaded
> cartridges for about $180, and a lot less if I go the 'fill your own'
> route.  Are people seeing a real difference between these.  I will
> probably be using the Piezo driver.  I seem to be getting sharper
> results on my test images with the Piezo driver over Woolf's
> curves and workflow.  Thanks for any recommendations,
> suggestions, etc.  Also, any paper recommendations would be
> great since I'm looking at investing a few hundred dollars in a
> supply and I am having trouble choosing one.
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Re: Piezo inks versus MIS Quadtones 4 Jerry

2001-08-30 by Ruhrfoto/Bernd L.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:

> You can't use the piezo driver with MIS inks, and you will see 
the dots with MIS inks on the 3000 printer. 
> Jerry


Jerry,did you try that out??
I´m printing MIS FS through the piezo driver on my 1160 and 
there are no dots at all. And these inks are a bit cooler than piezo 
inks.
I´m planning to buy MIS  FS inks for my 3000 too, when I will be 
running out of the piezo inks.
Bernd

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