No, you don't need the piezo driver. I believe the MIS full spectrum inks are supposed to be a Cone Clone, identical to the piezo inks but at a much more reasonable price. However, I don't like the brownish tones of the Piezo inks. The variable inks have it all. There are 5 curves, Cold, Cool, Neutral, Medium Warm and Warm. You can further define your favorite tone between any of the two curves by using the Magenta slider in the epson dialogue box. Slide it towards magenta, and your image gets bluer. Slide it to the green side and it gets warmer. The Magenta position is a very bluish ink. It will determine how brown or blue your prints get. This is for the 1280 printer. If you are using an 1160, it's the Yellow/blue position slider that determines if you get more blue or more brown tones to your curve. The most beautiful tones I've gotten is with the Neutral curve and +20 Magenta (1280 6 ink printer). It is the exact shade I like in my prints. On the New Legion Photo matte paper it is beautiful. This is the whitest paper I've ever seen, and has very deep blacks. It's about twice the thickness (230 gsms) of Epson's Heavyweight Matte paper. Jerry > So you are saying I'll get Piezography quality with the MIS > Variable Mix quads and Paul's curves? I don't need to buy the > MIS Full Spectrum Inks and use my Piezography driver? Yes
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Re: [Digital BW] Two Ink Sets?
2001-08-19 by Jerry Olson
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