Digital BW, The Print

Hello. I have been away for a while. My older Piezography ink finally 
ran out. I have ordered the PT Selenium and portfolo black. I was 
told that the older software would work well with the newer ink. Do 
you think I will bet good results or should I be doing something 
else. I kind of liked the software, I never used a paper that was pre 
profiled. I chose the unsupported option and set the dot density 
below the default and made nice prints. What are my chances of this 
success with the new inks.

Wilfred,

it never hurts to try the old plug in and see how you like it. If you do, you are in 
business - if you don't , the best course is  software that allows you to profile 
your own ink/paper/printer combinations. Currently solutions that allow a 
version of that include: QuadTone RIP, Ergosoft's StudioPrint,  IJC/OPM, and 
possibly RGB curves (like Paul Roark's).

 Info for all these is in the list archives (i.e. you may want to search the 
messages on the list homepage  for more details).

Antonis




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Wilfred Smith" 
<wilfredm@b...> wrote:

> Hello. I have been away for a while. My older Piezography ink finally 
> ran out. I have ordered the PT Selenium and portfolo black. I was 
> told that the older software would work well with the newer ink. Do 
> you think I will bet good results or should I be doing something 
> else. I kind of liked the software, I never used a paper that was pre 
> profiled. I chose the unsupported option and set the dot density 
> below the default and made nice prints. What are my chances of this 
> success with the new inks.

Wilfred,

If you were able to make the older inks work well, you
should be pleasantly surprised with the new.  I
switched from MIS FS to Piezotone without any
alteration of my working or printing methods. 

Good luck,
Don



--- Wilfred Smith <wilfredm@...> wrote:


What are my
> chances of this 
> success with the new inks.
> 
> 


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Wilfred Smith wrote:

>Hello. I have been away for a while. My older Piezography ink finally 
>ran out. I have ordered the PT Selenium and portfolo black. 
>
<SNIP!>

>What are my chances of this 
>success with the new inks.
>  
>
You ask AFTER you bought?

I have to ask why you wouldn't ask first? Unless you just want positive 
reinforcement for a choice you already made..

You must be real fun at car dealerships..

 

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User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
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"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. 
Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:

> I have to ask why you wouldn't ask first? Unless you just want 
positive 
> reinforcement for a choice you already made..
> 
> You must be real fun at car dealerships..
> 

Especially, if he's asking the car dealer across the street...
Cheers,
Andre

This poster certainly got help by coming here, if I were Mr. Smith I
don't think I'd bother to come back.
Many people have switched to the new inks very successfully, and
you'll have more hue choices and much better longevity. There are
other choices of course.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sceptre12345"
<am1000@v...> wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. 
> Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> 
> > I have to ask why you wouldn't ask first? Unless you just want 
> positive 
> > reinforcement for a choice you already made..
> > 
> > You must be real fun at car dealerships..
> > 
> 
> Especially, if he's asking the car dealer across the street...
> Cheers,
> Andre

I wish to thank those who were helpful in their comments concerning 
my questions about PT ink and older version of Piezography software.
I feel I am at fault for not stating part of my question correctly. 
Seems some are wondering if I need positive re-enforcement about a 
decision I had already made. The answer to this is NO. I am a big boy 
and have made mistakes before and will make mistakes again. What I do 
however is make my own decisions. I made the decision to go with the 
PT inks because of very good luck with Piezo inks and felt it was 
supported by a reputable and well run company. After reading the 
reviews and the advertisement claims and the fact that ink-jet mall 
seems to have thier act together and if the new ink is what they 
chose to go with, then I am in. If it is a mistake and doesn't work 
out, then I will consider another route. My question in the original 
posting were not meant to solicite imput about other ink-sets, just 
other methods to use the PT inksets. It is my fault however for 
wording it as I did. ie. "Or should I be doing something else". This 
statement was to meant to say, should I, or do you think, I will have 
better success with other output methods , such as profiles, 
curves,etc. I would perfer to use the original software and drivers. 
If I can I will, and if not I will do whatever it takes to get the 
kind of prints I want. And that even includes throwing away 300 bucks 
worth of ink and going another ink-set. I do not need the greater 
percent of you all, to decide which ink and paper is best. If I ask 
questions about what ink-set to go with, I would have gotten about an 
equal percent for and against any given ink-set. I realize there is 
much expeirence with different inksets by those on this forum. This 
is why I ask questions about your experience and knowledge of product 
that I have already decided to try.  Not to be positively reinforced. 



In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
<tyler@t...> wrote:
> This poster certainly got help by coming here, if I were Mr. Smith I
> don't think I'd bother to come back.
> Many people have switched to the new inks very successfully, and
> you'll have more hue choices and much better longevity. There are
> other choices of course.
> Tyler
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sceptre12345"
> <am1000@v...> wrote:
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor 
P.O.V. 

> > Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> > 
> > > I have to ask why you wouldn't ask first? Unless you just want 
> > positive 
> > > reinforcement for a choice you already made..
> > > 
> > > You must be real fun at car dealerships..
> > > 
> > 
> > Especially, if he's asking the car dealer across the street...
> > Cheers,
> > Andre