Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One thing to remember, Isaac, is that the Cone software gives you paper profiles for use with the inks - and having the correct paper profile makes an enormous difference. B.D. Isaac Crawford wrote: > > Tina Manley wrote: > > > > At 05:20 PM 10/30/01 -0500, you wrote: > > >The real printer - and system - of choice for B&W printing is an Epson > > >1160 - unfortunately discontinued - and the Cone Piezography quad-tone > > >ink system. (go to www.inkjetmall.com for info). The next best printer, > > >it is said, is the Epson 1280, for which Cone recently released a > > >Piezography system. These inks will give you B&W prints that only Jim > > >Brick :-) could distinguish from silver prints and a viewing distance of > > >over 12 inches. And even then, they look just as good as silver prints, > > >but different. > > > > > >B. D. > > > > But the very best printer for the Cone system is the 3000! No problems > > with CIS tubing and metarism and green ink. If you don't want to go for > > the very expensive professional printers, look for a refurbished > > 3000. With Cone's new drivers there is no banding problem with the > > 3000. I have two and they work perfectly - no clogs, no green, no banding > > - nothing but perfect Piezo prints. > > There have been some discussions regarding weather or not the Cone > drivers are really needed for the newer printers. The 3000 definitely > benefits from the Cone treatment, but there isn't a consensus on the > improvements with the newer printers... > > Isaac > > > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html