QTR-Quadtone RIP

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.

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

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
>