Digital BW, The Print

Kip, you need to contact them direct. You'd also need to develop your own
workflow for them. They work in Piezo printers (epson type). They also make
dye BW and colour inksets for Colourspan

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kip Babington" <cbabing3@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Neutral black and white prints with the Epson
2100/2200?


> Where can one find information on Ilford BW inks?  I don't see anything
> that I can identify as such on their regular photo web site.  Are they
> suitable for desktop printers?
>
> Cheers,
> Kip
>
> At 3/30/2003 03:51 PM +0200, Julian wrote:
>
> >martin, it seems to me that if you are looking for a multigrade 'look'
the
> >'best' answer is a 1280 with the new MIS inks and either a curves
workflow
> >or the new IJC software. Lyson dyes shift colour too much and are not
> >neutral from what I've seen. The only neutral dye prints I've seen are
from
> >Ilford BW inks which you can buy in bulk and use with a cis.
> >
> >Julian
>
>
>
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Thanks for the info, Julian.  I may drop them a line, but it sounds like I 
might be beyond the bleeding edge of my technological development at this 
time.  I've been getting what I thought were pretty decent prints with the 
Lyson SG inks, and have just been waiting for them to be available in bulk 
for the Canon 9000 printers (supposedly that's coming "real soon 
now"  ;-)  )  The Canon is so much faster than the old Epson (860) that 
I've used with Piezo, Lyson and MIS inks that I'll probably wait to see if 
the Lyson/Canon thing really happens before striking off down the Ilford 
track.  I gather that even the new Epsons aren't close to the Canon in 
speed, not that I have either the cash or space for one.

Cheers,
Kip

At 3/30/2003 08:10 PM +0200, you wrote:

>Kip, you need to contact them direct. You'd also need to develop your own
>workflow for them. They work in Piezo printers (epson type). They also make
>dye BW and colour inksets for Colourspan
>
>Julian