Digital BW, The Print

Why don't you use one printer for PiezoBW inks and the other for the Variable inks.  That way you could see a difference.  

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Vitollo 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:03 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Two Ink Sets?


  Would it be overkill to have an 1160 with MIS Full Spectrum Inks to take
  advantage of the Piezography driver and another with MIS Variable Mix Inks?
  Or is the quality of the VM Inks/Curves so good I don't need the Piezography
  driver? Yes I have two 1160s to play with!

  Best, John V.


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If you like cold tones,  or warm, or anything in between, go with the MIS, and
Paul's curves. Piezo quality at 1/5th the piezo price, and no need for extra
software.

Jerry

John Vitollo wrote:

> Would it be overkill to have an 1160 with MIS Full Spectrum Inks to take
> advantage of the Piezography driver and another with MIS Variable Mix Inks?
> Or is the quality of the VM Inks/Curves so good I don't need the Piezography
> driver? Yes I have two 1160s to play with!
>
> Best, John V.
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jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> If you like cold tones,  or warm, or anything in between, go with 
the MIS, and
> Paul's curves. Piezo quality at 1/5th the piezo price, and no 
need for extra
> software.

Hi Jerry,

Long time no write! Hope you are doing fine! 

So you are saying I'll get Piezography quality with the MIS 
Variable Mix quads and Paul's curves? I don't need to  buy the 
MIS Full Spectrum Inks and use my Piezography driver?

Thanks in advance,

John V.

No, you don't need the piezo driver. I believe the MIS full spectrum inks
are supposed to be a Cone Clone, identical to the piezo inks but at a much
more reasonable price.   However, I don't like the brownish tones of the
Piezo inks. The variable inks have it all. There are 5 curves, Cold, Cool,
Neutral, Medium Warm and Warm. You can further define your favorite tone
between any of the two curves by using the Magenta slider in the epson
dialogue box. Slide it towards magenta, and your image gets bluer. Slide it
to the green side and it gets warmer. The Magenta position is a very bluish
ink. It will determine how brown or blue your prints get. This is for the
1280 printer. If you are using an 1160, it's the Yellow/blue position slider
that determines if you get more blue or more brown tones to your curve. The
most beautiful tones I've gotten is with the Neutral curve and +20 Magenta
(1280 6 ink printer). It is the exact shade I like in my prints. On the New
Legion Photo matte paper it is beautiful. This is the whitest paper I've
ever seen, and has very deep blacks. It's about twice the thickness (230
gsms) of Epson's Heavyweight Matte paper.

Jerry


> So you are saying I'll get Piezography quality with the MIS
> Variable Mix quads and Paul's curves? I don't need to  buy the
> MIS Full Spectrum Inks and use my Piezography driver?

Yes