There's a yahoo group DigitalBlackAndWhitethePrint that covers using quadtone
and hextone inks in exhaustive detail.
On Saturday 23 Mar 2002 5:22 am, Mark Interrante wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is some context:
>
> Iris printers started in the early 90s and they are high quality 4 color
> inkjet devices. Companies like Nash Editions (http://www.nasheditions.com/)
> were pioneers in using these devices for fine art prints.
>
> By the late 90s consumer inkjet printers (epson, HP, etc) had achieved
> sufficient quality that people experimented with creating monochrome
> inksets for use in these printers. MIS and Piezo are two of the best
> (IMHO).
>
> I like these processes which start with a negative, get a high quality
> scan, digital darkroom (precise dodging, burning, contrast control, etc. in
> photoshop), and then I have a reproducible art print.
>
> From MIS site -- "Specially formulated archival inks have been developed
> by MIS for printing black and white images. The quality of the images is
> far superior to using the Epson color inks. The black to white range is
> increased and the visible dots are greatly reduced, if not eliminated."
>
>
> Piezo site - http://www.piezography.com/
>
> MIS site - http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/quadtone.html
>
> Mark
> http://www.interwalk.com/pinhole.htm
>
> >-- Original Message --
>
> From: "Ray Esposito" <brassring@brassring.org>
>
> >To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> >Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] piezography
> >Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 22:23:43 -0500
> >
> >> I'll bite-
> >>
> >> What is piezography?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Beaker
> >
> >Ink
> >Ray
> >
> >
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Received on Mon Mar 25 08:34:09 2002
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