Digital BW, The Print

Paul,
What I like about the piezo driver is the profiles - absolutely vital IMO.
I'm not an EAM fan as I prefer 308 gram Photorag or William Turner - hence a
3000 is no good to me either unfortunately! If there was a PR profile for
variable tone inks I'd be tempted.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>
To: "DigitalB&WPrint" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:37 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Neutral tone FS inks for Piezo driver


> I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see what a neutral Piezo
> print would look like.  You can see the results in the Files section of
this
> forum.  It's found at:
>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/
>
> Go the "Message Related Files" and see "Fs-N1-Pzo."
>
> The neutral-tone image was printed with the Piezo driver and the FS-N1
> inkset described below.  The comparison Piezo image is standard Piezo ink,
> with the Piezo driver.  Both are on EAM.
>
> The FS-N1 inkset mix is as follows:
>
> 1. Mix a dark blue toner: 1 part cyan pigs to 1 part magenta pigs.
>
> 2. Mix a base cyan: 28% VM or Piezo black, the remainder MIS clear base.
>
> 3. Mix the toner and cyan base as follows: 1 toner to 5 cyan base.  This
is
> the cyan ink for the cartridge and for further mixing, below.
>
> 4. Magenta position: 15% #3 cyan, above, the remainder MIS clear base.
>
> 5. Yellow position:  (I missed the mark on this one.  I'll try 1 part #4
> magenta to 1 part clear base next time.  I'll report the ratio/results
> soon.)
>
> Time from idea to print: 1 hour.  Of course, this is just a first effort.
> I'll take one more shot at it, and then it's up to the users to perfect
the
> mixing, to the extent any more is needed.
>
> All materials are on the MIS website.
>
> MIS is not involved in this.  Whether they would pre-mix this is probably
a
> question of whether there are enough people who want it.
>
> Frankly, I still think that the MIS VM approach is better, but for those
who
> love the Piezo driver and want neutral ink, here it is.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
>
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