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Piezography inks

Digidurst

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Hi all I am wondering if anyone is printing digital negatives with the Piezography K7 inkset? I have seen some inkjet prints using the neutral set and they are really beautiful. I'm thinking of getting the split tone set myself.

Thoughts?
 

Greg_E

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They don't work on glossy surfaces like the OHP material, so I don't think it will work. Best bet would be to ask Jon Cone. Sometimes he posts to the Yahoo B/W forum:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/

If not you might be able to get John Dean to print a test for you if you sent him the OHP material, he uses the K6 in at least one Epson 7000 printer.
 

bradhi

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I have printed digital negatives using the piezography inks.
Basically, use Piezography if you like the results printing B&W images onto nice fine art papers. Frankly, I think Piezography is one of the easiest ways to create a beautiful B&W print onto great papers.

You can then double-up your Piezo printer to make digital negatives. I haven't used the latest inks - but they may not 'stick' well onto the white film. But you can still use these negatives. In the past, I just taped a piece of 1/2 mil milar over the negative to protect it.
The Piezo inks are also supported directly by the Quadtone RIP - so I'd experiment with using it for making digital negatives. Ron-san has created a new article on using the quadtone rip at www.digital-negatives.com.