Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone had any experience with third party Epson Ultrachrome K3-
like inks for an Epson 2400? Both MIS and Jon Cone claim that their 
inks are quite comparable to the Epson K3 inks and one should see no 
discernable difference in using them. I am presently using Jon Cone's 
Piezography B&W inks in another Epson 2400 with great results.Thanks 
for any experience information in this regard.

Hello--

I was just wondering what it was that made you decide to switch from Epson OEM inks
to the Piezography in your R2400--were there some aspects of the OEM inks that were not 
adequate?

Thanks,
Yeung-Seu Yoon

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "masterbox11" <LAURENCENJ6@...> 
wrote:

>
> Has anyone had any experience with third party Epson Ultrachrome K3-
> like inks for an Epson 2400? Both MIS and Jon Cone claim that their 
> inks are quite comparable to the Epson K3 inks and one should see no 
> discernable difference in using them. I am presently using Jon Cone's 
> Piezography B&W inks in another Epson 2400 with great results.Thanks 
> for any experience information in this regard.
>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "masterbox11" 
<LAURENCENJ6@...> wrote:
>I switched to the Cone Color CIS system for the Epson R2400. It comes supplied with 45 
profiles for Epson, Cone Studio Papers, Hahnemule, Innova, Inkpress, Moab, and I think 
some other papers too.

The color space is dead on. If I use profiles supplied by others (for instance Ilford) for 
Epson ink, the Cone Color inks work without a hitch.

I switched to the CIS because the Epson cartridges were always running out. It's nice to 
have an ink supply that lasts for a while, and it's nice to know that I can use any paper that 
is profiled for Epson inks: I know they'll work with this ink set.

Steve 

> Has anyone had any experience with third party Epson Ultrachrome K3-
> like inks for an Epson 2400? Both MIS and Jon Cone claim that their 
> inks are quite comparable to the Epson K3 inks and one should see no 
> discernable difference in using them. I am presently using Jon Cone's 
> Piezography B&W inks in another Epson 2400 with great results.Thanks 
> for any experience information in this regard.
>

In a message dated 7/28/2008 5:08:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
yeungseuyoon@... writes:

 
 
 
Hello--

I was just wondering what it was that made you decide to  switch from Epson 
OEM inks
to the Piezography in your R2400--were there  some aspects of the OEM inks 
that were not  
adequate?

Thanks,
Yeung-Seu Yoon

--- In _DigitalBlackandWhitDigitalBlaDigitalBlackDig_ 
(mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com) ,  "masterbox11" <LAURENCENJ6@LAU> 
wrote:
>
> Has  anyone had any experience with third party Epson Ultrachrome K3-
> like  inks for an Epson 2400? Both MIS and Jon Cone claim that their 
> inks  are quite comparable to the Epson K3 inks and one should see no 
>  discernable difference in using them. I am presently using Jon Cone's 
>  Piezography B&W inks in another Epson 2400 with great results.Thanks  
> for any experience information in this  regard.
>


 


The reason that I initially switched to a dedicated B&W  inkset(Pietzograpghy 
by Jon Cone) was its ability to open up the shadows which  it did 
considerably better than the Epson inks. Secondly, was the fact that the  Epson ink 
cartridges were constantly running out of ink. So I switched to the  Jon Cone CIS 
system with the Piezography inks, and I don't have to shut down to  change 
cartridges. I also noticed that when the Epson cartridges showed empty,  there was 
still a lot of ink left in the cartridges. I would also say that there  are 
real savings as well in ink expense.



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>  Thanks so much for your advice.  I have been trying to decide whether to use the OEM 
inkset, convert the R2400 to the Cone inkset, or buy the 3800 and hope/wait until a set of 
Cone cartridges for that printer goes on the market.  Your advice has helped me to favor 
conversion or buying the 3800.

Cheers,
Yeung Seu Yoon

>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, LAURENCENJ6@... wrote:
>

> The reason that I initially switched to a dedicated B&W  inkset(Pietzograpghy 
> by Jon Cone) was its ability to open up the shadows which  it did 
> considerably better than the Epson inks. Secondly, was the fact that the  Epson ink 
> cartridges were constantly running out of ink. So I switched to the  Jon Cone CIS 
> system with the Piezography inks, and I don't have to shut down to  change 
> cartridges. I also noticed that when the Epson cartridges showed empty,  there was 
> still a lot of ink left in the cartridges. I would also say that there  are 
> real savings as well in ink expense.