Digital BW, The Print

I've been a long time user of Piezography inks -- seven years this
month to be exact.

I've had my Epson 7000 loaded with Piezography inks for about five
years. Currently, I'm finishing up some older QUAD/ICC ink. I've
always been happy with the output, until recently. Most of the time
I've printed on Hahn. Wm Turner with quad inks with the StudioPrint
RIP. I was doing a large print recently where there was an expanse of
dark brooding sky/clouds. I was unhappy with the print, with flat
blacks and lost detail in the shadows of the sky (something
Piezography excelled in). So, I sent it to my 4000 with UC inks and
Colorburst RIP and Crane Silver Rag. Much better dynamic range
(granted, glossy versus matte) and detail, without blocking up or ink
pooling.

So now I'm faced with a quandary: refill my 7000 with K6 inks, or jump
ship to something like the Canon iPF6100. Between new ink cart costs
and flushing carts, we're talking about $600+ that could be put toward
a new printer (though my wife would kill me -- we already have four
printers in the office between various inkjet and laser).

Piezography is/was killer technology for achieving pure B&W. Now it
seems there are some real alternate choices out there and some
fabulous papers (all the various Silver Rag-like choices).

Has anyone been down this road and care to share? Thanks.

In a message dated 10/10/2007 4:53:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nemophoto@... writes:

So now  I'm faced with a quandary: refill my 7000 with K6 inks, or jump
ship to  something like the Canon iPF6100. Between new ink cart costs
and flushing  carts, we're talking about $600+ that could be put toward
a new printer  (though my wife would kill me -- we already have four
printers in the  office between various inkjet and laser).



Just a thought.... if you're near enuf to NYC... Photo Plus will have all  
the latest hardware and consummables that would give you answers to all your  
questions.
 
Richard Massie



************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com


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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm heading to Photo Expo for a day or two
and figured I could get up close and personal with the iPF6000. That
said, if my 7000 isn't too long in the tooth, it's still worth
updating the inks. . .


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CorrPro96@... wrote:
>
>  
> In a message dated 10/10/2007 4:53:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> nemophoto@... writes:
> 
> So now  I'm faced with a quandary: refill my 7000 with K6 inks, or jump
> ship to  something like the Canon iPF6100. Between new ink cart costs
> and flushing  carts, we're talking about $600+ that could be put toward
> a new printer  (though my wife would kill me -- we already have four
> printers in the  office between various inkjet and laser).
> 
> 
> 
> Just a thought.... if you're near enuf to NYC... Photo Plus will
have all  
> the latest hardware and consummables that would give you answers to
all your  
> questions.
>  
> Richard Massie
> 
> 
> 
> ************************************** See what's new at
http://www.aol.com

> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>