QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks for the feedback.  Your point concerning toning is a good one>

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Ridings <dlr@...> wrote:
>
> bcadigan wrote:
> 
> > I am thinking of getting a set of Piezography inks for B&W 
printing on
> > my Epson 1800. Has anyone had any experience with these inks on 
that
> > printer? Specifically, did they improve your prints noticeably? 
Is it
> > as easy as they claim to move back and forth between the 
Piezography
> > cartridges for B&W and the Epson cartridges for clor printing? So 
far
> > Quadtone is giving me pretty good results in B&W with the regular 
set
> > of Epson inks.
> 
> I have experience with both with the R800 and I think we're talking 
> about the same situation, except that the R800 only goes up to 
A4/Letter 
> size.
> 
> First I tried QTR with the Epson inks. But I had usually used the 
MIS 
> Ultratone inks for b/w so I wanted to try carbon inks in the R800.
> 
> I ordered the Piezsography inks for b&w printing and printed out a 
few.
> 
> The Piezography is just fine, nice prints, nothing wrong with them 
at 
> all. But the original Epson inks and QTR can produce the same 
results in 
> addition to giving you the flexibility of toning (cold, neutral, 
warm 
> and percentages of various combinations).
> 
> So ... I'll probably stick to the Epson inks.
> 
> Daniel Ridings
> http://dlridings.se/paw/2006
>