Color Piezo inks with Generations Black

["Scott Hendershot" <scott@praxis-systems.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Jerry,

I am using the Color Piezo inks in an 1160. The black is dismal. The dynamic
range of this inkset will never match that of generations.

I am using this inkset on Epson Archival Matte and Kodak Ultima Satin. I
find the Ultima Satin to produce superior results to the Archival Matte. In
fact the Kodak paper results in some very nice prints. But it is a synthetic
base and only comes in 8.5x11.

I use Profiler Pro with a Spectrocam to build all of my profiles. While a
can make nice prints on Archival Matte, they just do not have the dynamic
range. I have to choose what images to print with this inkset and then I
need to strengthen the shadow areas with a curves adjustment to add some
density. This results in a slight loss of shadow separation but without it
the prints can look flat.

The trouble I had with Generations was the metamerism. I understand that if
you use the Generations Beta Black with the Piezo inks you will introduce
metamerism and be no better off than using Generations.

Contact me off list if you would like a sample print.

Scott


>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:10:21 -0500
>From: Jerry Olson <jerryolson@rrv.net>
>Subject: Re: 1280 Cone Inks and Luster Paper

>I was wondering if this would be possible, because the Generations beta
>black appears to be the blackest of all third party archival inks. They are
>compatible with the Black Piezo inks, as well as MIS archival inks. (I have
>mixed them with no problems).  Since it is just a solid black ink, it
SHOULD
>work, but if I'm wrong, it could ruin a printer and a CIS system. I don't
>want to take a chance yet.

>So here's a question:

>Anyone on this list using Piezo COLOR inks and are you totally satisfied
>with the gamut and black of the prints you are getting?

>Jerry







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