Re: Piezography

[Jerry Olson <jerryolson@rrv.net>]

Ken, Pigment inks cannot deliver the same gamut as dye inks.

You will probably find that you will get color crossovers as your prints
age, with the dye color inks. One of those colors is going to fade
before the others, and then the color cast will show  up.

Jerry



Ken Carney wrote:
> 
> That may well be true (something wrong with the workflow, that is).  Also, I
> was using a 1270.  I used the 1280 driver on the 1270, and then Paul sent a
> set of 1270 curves as well.  But it just didn't click for some reason.  The
> prints were OK, but just didn't have the tonal range of the Epson OEM inks.
> The differences were subtle, but there.  Now, except for the color cast
> problem, I can make better prints on the 1270 than silver prints in the
> darkroom, but again with OEM inks.  I say "better" loosely - a
> selenium-toned Portriga print and an inkjet print are two different things,
> both worthy.  Probably nothing will ever surpass a platinum print.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@rrv.net>
> To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Piezography
> 
> > Ken, I would suggest that if you can't surpass darkroom prints with an
> 1160,
> > MIS VM inks and Paul Roark's curves, that there is something wrong with
> your
> > workflow. Most of us on these lists can easily do this.
> 
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