RE: Printer for inkjet negs

I think MIS inks should be compatible with Pictorico. I print to
Pictorico with a mixed carbon pigment 4 shades inkset: Conetech Selenium
Piezotone grays (25%, 50% and 75%) and MIS FS/FSN black (100%).
Pictorico is surprisingly good in holding pigment inks (I print using
Epson driver's "Heavyweight Matte" profile, this profile lays a
considerable amount of ink on paper). I never had any problem with the
MIS black on Pictorico. BTW, Pictorico dot gain is very small (this is
normal for OHP material I guess), perhaps that's why the dithering
pattern is so much evident.

Mike, if you're using the Piezo plug-in to print negatives you may also
consider to print using Jeff Randall's RGB partitioning workflow. By
using this workflow you will get a much smoother dithering pattern and a
much more forgiving weaving pattern. Piezo plug-in's dithering is very
intolerant to printer flaws, if this is your case that you can be sure
that negatives made with Randall's workflow will be better in terms of
dithering.

Regards,
Loris.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ender100@aol.com [mailto:Ender100@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:46 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Printer for inkjet negs

Mike,

Did you print a Stouffer step tablet or something similar along with it?
If so, what results did it show? If the Stouffer showed the same
problem, then it isn't the inkjet negative.

In an earlier post, I think you mentioned you were using the MIS
Ultratone inks in the 1160-are they compatible with Pictorico? You can
probably contact Pictorico and see if they are. If not, then its not a
good combination to try digital negatives with.

Mark Nelson
Received on Mon Dec 29 11:05:32 2003