Re: Piezography inks

[ncmphoto <ncmphoto@wanadoo.fr>]

Andy,

>PPS. The main problem at the moment is packaging:
>Q: do you think that the current design it ok or do to have any suggestions.

It would be nice if Somerset packaged their ink-jet papers (Somerset 
Velvet and Somerset Enhanced) in a rigid envelope/box like Epson and Agfa 
in quantities such as 25, 50 and 100 sheets. And I would appreciate 
knowing who their French distributor is if they have one (I live in 
Paris). 

I ordered some A4 and A3 size Somerset Enhanced from a retailer/mailorder 
company in UK and though it was fairly well packaged (corregated 
cardboard on both sides of the paper which was just in transparent 
envelopes, the whole surrounded by brown packing paper) the local mailman 
managed to mangle the A3 paper by stuffing it into my mailbox which bent 
the corner of the the whole A3 pack of paper. If it had been in a box 
that wouldn't have happened, though it is the mailman's fault for being 
too lazy to simply ring the bell.

>All every one seems to talk about is Piezography inks and CIC systems,
>firstly I would like to know what they are, and what are the benefits. Also
>I would like to know if they are available in England. 

CIS means Continuous Ink system and it is an ingenious method for using 
3rd party bulk inks in certain Epson printers. Their website is 
>http://www.nomorecarts.com< and the system is fully explained and illustrated 
there. Unfortunately I don't believe they have a European distributor 
yet, alas. I bought their CIS for use with PiezographyBW in an Epson 1160 
and shall probably buy another for my Epson 1200 for use with archival 
colour inks.

Jon Cone's Piezography BW is a combination of carbon-based monochrome 
pigment inkset (greys and black) - available both as carts and in bulk 
form, a special driver for Epson printers which is used as a Photoshop 
plug-in and a series of profiles for printing these inks on a lot of 
different papers. You can find all the relevant info at 
>http://www.inkjetmall.com< 
website under Piezography BW.

Cheers

Nina
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