Thanks for the info Nij, Can you tell me what printer you would recommend?
Regards, John HIll ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: RE: [PRODIG] Piezography > > On Behalf Of John Hill > > Does anybody have experience of the Piezography system of BW printing on > > Epson printers? > Hi John, > > Yes - I'm not sure my experience counts as I sell the stuff; but I do like > the system a lot. You need a very good printer though. The Piezographjy > driver typically lays down only two inks at a time, sometimes just one; > where the Epson driver may be laying three inks down. The former can reveal > problems in the printhead accuracy (positioning etc) where the latter is > more forgiving. > > > I would especially like to know what you think of the different inksets > > (Museum Black, Portfolio Black, PiezoTone grey sets, etc). Which > > do you use and why? > > As you will hopefully be aware, the inks are now split into 'Blacks' and > 'greys' or Tones: > > Right now, there are a choice of two Tones (Selenium and Warm-Neutral) with > Cool-Neutral and Carbon Sepia to follow. To clarify, these are the 'Colour > Position' inks CMY or CcMmY in carts or bottles. Our information is that the > ink colourant is 100% pigment for the Tones. Apparently, stability of these > greys is extremely good. > > The Blacks are literally that, a choice of Black inks that define dMax > through their makeup. PiezoTone 'Black Black' (don't ask me why!) which is > the 'original' PiezoTone Black formula. This is Carbon pigment base with > some added 'fadeable' dyestuff. Longevity is still expected to be good, but > because the Greys are very stable, any shift in the black may be more > noticeable. This brought about: Museum Black, with a 100% pigment Carbon > base with some new technology apparently to bring the dMax higher, just with > pigment. Portfolio Black (if I have understood correctly) is the same > technology Carbon base, but again with added 'stuff' that will fade in due > course but it apparently kicks up the dMax. > We have yet to see these new blacks so I am not sure many people will have > done (in the UK anyway). > > I should stress that where I say 'fadeable' in the paras above, I mean, 'one > would expect this to fade quicker than the pigment that it is mixed with'... > everything will fade in time. > > I hope this helps. > > nij > > Nigel Rheam > MWORDS Limited www.mwords.co.uk Digital Fine Art > > > =============================================================== > GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
