Eric, to get started you might try the Epson color inkset that comes with
the 1280 (actually, you have a very good outfit to start with). There is a
good Photoshop plug-in named Photokit that, among other things, lets you
select the image tone you want...cold tones, sepia, etc.
www.pixelgenius.com. I'm switching to the Imageprint RIP for printing, but
it's $500 per year and not _that_ much better than Photokit ($50), for a
starting setup. I tried the MIS quad inks and their CIS (excellent company,
they do what they say), but for me the dedicated b&w inks are too limiting.
In the wet darkroom I toned prints a lot, combinations like gold 231 and
selenium or thiocarbomide, split-toning, etc. and I missed that capability
with the dedicated b&w inks.
In the wet darkroom I mainly printed (you'll note the past tense) Portriga
or Oriental papers toned in selenium for "straight" prints. Photokit does
have a selenium toner, but in my humble opinion we will not get very close
to the toned fiber paper look. So far as I know, the only "photo-like"
papers available for inkjet are RC papers, which are seldom if ever used in
exhibition printing. I'm OK with the cold tone options in Photokit. You
can try it for free with the Epson color inks and see if it floats your
boat.
Regards,
--Ken Carney
www.kencarney.comShow quoted textHide quoted text
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Maquiling [mailto:eric@...]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 9:33 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
Subject: [Digital BW] 1 more question from a future convert
Hi,
Just one more question. So it looks like if I get Piezo inks, I will
need to get some software, which costs money. But what are my other
ink options? I've heard of MIS, UT (what is UT anyway?) I've been to
inksupply.com and injetmall.com and confused by the types/amounts out
there. Can I do basic B&W with whatever Epson comes in with? Just to
get used to it? Or basic B&W that is sort of sepia toned in PS?
Can I get some recommendations for something type of ink? I don't
mind cold tone but I was at Piezo and liked the Selenium. I used to
selenium tone on real paper. Do other ink companies offer that?
TIA!
--
Eric
Eric's PAW page: <http://www.maquiling.org/paw>
PAW main page: <http://www.jeffery-nola.com/links.html>
Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to
unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same
page.
Please follow these basic guidelines:
- Include your full name with your message.
- Include the address of your website, if you have one.
- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep
them short.
- As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header.
- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames
- Complete your Yahoo profile.
- Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various
resources on the homepage.
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/