Digital BW, The Print

No. The Sundance inks are the old PiezographyBW inks under a new 
wrapper. The PiezoTone inks are the new ink and they supposedly fix 
the problems that the Sundance inks had such as the greenies, Hayes 
Syndromw, DSS and others. So far that appears to be very true. DAS is 
now selling the old system at a discount and as far as I can tell IJM 
is selling both but selling the new system at DAS prices.

I have been using the new PiezoTones and the ICQ media profiles work 
perfectly. In fact, the PiezoTones print with better clarity and have 
a much better tonal range than the Sundance inks. Shadow detail is 
superb. Almost like a slight fog has been lifted. 

PiezoTones do not look olive green in side by side with the 
Sundance inks. No wonder the old inks turned green. Sundance does 
appear to use some kind of green dye. PiezoTones claim to use pigment 
for color. Fade-wise the PiezoTones are rock solid after 6 weeks near 
sun. I had been using the sun to make the Sundance inks turn brown 
which takes only about a week, whereas it can take as much as 6 weeks 
in normal room lighting. I would rather have brown out of the printer 
than have to wait for it. I would like to see a PiezoTone set with a 
sort of warm-faded look but without the density loss straight out the 
printer. I am also beta testing the PiezoTone Seleniuims which work 
with the ICQ profiles the same way as the Warm Neutrals. I am 
surprised there has not been more chatter here about the PiezoTone 
Seleniums which are a new chapter in the quadbook.

Things are very good indeedy. Cone did set the bar up another notch. 
Can it get better??  MIS?? ColorByte??   regards, MDC



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "akivisuals" 
<akivisuals@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know if the Sundance inks are an exact copy of the 
> Piezotone inks or the earlier versions of the Piezo ink?  And is 
> the driver profiled for the new Piezotone (or new Sundance) 
> inks?  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Andy