Digital BW, The Print

I'm new to this group...

Brief Introduction... I've owned an Art Gallery / Framing Studio in
Ontario for the past 10 years.  I've always been techno minded so over
the past 2 years I've been learning the digital market.  (I still wish I
had more time to paint though)  I currently tell people that digital is
merely my current form of expression.  4 months ago I bought both an
1160 and 1200 and yes finding them was difficult but I succeeded on
Ebay.  The 1200 running fantastic on Generations Enhanced ink and CIS.
The 1160 still has the packing tape on it :-(  I've put of buying the
Piezo because of cost (keeping in mind it feels like I almost have to
double the price because of the exchange difference)  I've become very
interested in the MIS V quad tone so I came here to research...

So far the only thing I've learned is that...  To much information can
be a bad thing, and I'm no closer to figuring out what to do with this
poor printer than I was 3 months ago...

I truly do appreciate all of the information though.  My goal is to have
an exhibit of B&W prints, deckle edged and gallery framed with a float
mount by the end of the next summer.

Does anyone have any recommendations on a Digital SLR camera, I'm
looking towards the Fuji S1 Pro?

Thanks
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's Art Gallery

Elizabeth,

Check a couple of recent posts, 3263 and 3251, if you haven't already 
read them.

If the variable ink tone is important to you than only the MIS VM 
will do this, so that may be the deciding factor right there.

If Piezo appeals but the cost is stopping you, consider buying Piezo 
with just a set of carts. Run those and see what you think. Then buy 
a CIS and a set of Full Spectrum inks from MIS and run them with the 
Piezo driver. Bigger investment up front but a way to have the Piezo 
and keep the continuing costs down. If you decide you liked the Piezo 
inks better, you can convert the CIS by just replacing the cartridge 
end and cleaning out the tubing.

Or you could buy the MIS FS and CIS and run with the John Woolf 
workflow to start. You could always buy the Piezo latter if you 
weren't happy with the results or ease of use.

Sounds like you are ahead of the game. You have an 1160, which will 
run any of the quad inks, and it sounds like you already have 
Photoshop experience.

These decisions tend to evolve, so please ask questions as they occur 
to you. I guess you need to decide what is most important to you in a 
B&W printing system and go from there.

Martin Wesley


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Elizabeth <eprofit@h...> 
wrote:
> I'm new to this group...
> 
> Brief Introduction... I've owned an Art Gallery / Framing Studio in
> Ontario for the past 10 years.  I've always been techno minded so 
over
> the past 2 years I've been learning the digital market.  (I still 
wish I
> had more time to paint though)  I currently tell people that 
digital is
> merely my current form of expression.  4 months ago I bought both an
> 1160 and 1200 and yes finding them was difficult but I succeeded on
> Ebay.  The 1200 running fantastic on Generations Enhanced ink and 
CIS.
> The 1160 still has the packing tape on it :-(  I've put of buying 
the
> Piezo because of cost (keeping in mind it feels like I almost have 
to
> double the price because of the exchange difference)  I've become 
very
> interested in the MIS V quad tone so I came here to research...
> 
> So far the only thing I've learned is that...  To much information 
can
> be a bad thing, and I'm no closer to figuring out what to do with 
this
> poor printer than I was 3 months ago...
> 
> I truly do appreciate all of the information though.  My goal is to 
have
> an exhibit of B&W prints, deckle edged and gallery framed with a 
float

> mount by the end of the next summer.
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations on a Digital SLR camera, I'm
> looking towards the Fuji S1 Pro?
> 
> Thanks
> Elizabeth
> Elizabeth's Art Gallery

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Elizabeth <eprofit@h...> 
wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations on a Digital SLR camera, I'm
> looking towards the Fuji S1 Pro?
> 

Elizabeth,

I have and use a Fuji S1 Pro.  I find it to be an excellent tool, and 
a good value for the money.  Some criticize the robustness of the N60 
body on which it is based, but for my uses, it is full-featured 
enough and also sturdy enough.  The color output is excellent, and 
you can purchase, very inexpensively, an ICM profile for use in 
Photoshop, et al.

Philip Greenspun posted a review of the S1 on photo.net at:  

www.photo.net/photo/digital/fuji-s1 

That review includes links to other reviews that I found helpful in 
my decision to purchase.

Please feel free to contact me off-list with any questions you might 
have.

Regards,

John Haugaard
Decatur, Georgia