On Behalf Of Stephen Foote > > Are there any advantages to using Piezo inks over lyson QB or SG > inks - are they better?
Well Yes, there are advantages to the PiezoTone inks over other monochrome inks... but if they are better depends on what you want. I'm afraid my experience with the inks you note (SG and QB) is limited but my recollection is that they will both print OK on glossy stocks. PiezoTone inks will print beautifully onto glossy stocks... and then rub off. This is typical for a pigment ink to have issues with many a glossy paper... and dye inks will exhibit deeper blacks [for a while]. However, I would expect to see the Piezotone inks have benefits in terms of longevity on appropriate fine art papers, especially if paired with the new Museum Black as described in a recent post. Additionally, PiezoTone inks exhibit minimal if any metamerism (I have not noticed any, nor seen any reports of the same). > That is a bit of a loaded question, but would I get even better results > using Piezo inks? I am currently very happy with what I am getting out of > lyson inks, but I am always on the look out for any improvement that I can > get. It must be understood that whilst PiezoTone inks can be used by themselves (or with workflows that use false colour; search the net for Randall or Woolf workflows), they are designed for use with the Piezography plugin. This overrides / replaces the Epson driver. It changes the way that ink is laid down on the page and it KNOWS that the ink in the yellow position is the lightest grey, and it only uses that single ink in the lightest areas. In contrast, many systems that use the Epson driver are essentially working on the basis that they can fool the driver to print monochrome when it thinks it is printing colour. If you are essentially happy with what you have, I would suggest no more at this stage than to request a sample print of the Piezography system: http://www.mwords.co.uk/pages/contactBWSample.htm We will not be able to send out your sample straight away... as we are waiting until we can send out samples of all the new 'Tone' inks, but we will send them as soon as we can. I'm afraid my traditional darkroom experience is rather close to none, so a paper comaprison to Record Rapid is out of my league :) Best Regards, 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
