MIS CFS and quadtones

Well, I received my CFS from MIS for the Espon 1280, and I must say I'm impressed. I got the one with their "exact match" pigmented inks, and the results are wonderful. The gamut isn't quite the same, but I expected that.

I also received some of their quadtone cartridges for my Epson 980, and and extremely happy with those results as well (I've only used the John Woolf workflow so far). I printed several of the Ansel Adams photographs available at the Library of Congress ( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html ) website to test and can't say enough about the quality these prints show. I think I'm going to move to the variable spectrum inks though as they allow greater flexibility (warm or cool prints).

I've tried the Museo paper, the Epson HWM, and the Epson Archival Matte and been rewarded with wonderful results using both inksets.

The folks at MIS have been great to work with to top it off.

Highly recommended!

Kevin

I was wondering how the reset software works. I only have USB connection for my 1280 on an XP machine. I'm looking for a solution that will cause minimal headaches with good results.

ksj said:

Well, I received my CFS from MIS for the Espon 1280, and I must say
I'm impressed. I got the one with their "exact match" pigmented
inks, and the results are wonderful. The gamut isn't quite the
same, but I expected that.

I also received some of their quadtone cartridges for my Epson 980,
and and extremely happy with those results as well (I've only used
the John Woolf workflow so far). I printed several of the Ansel
Adams photographs available at the Library of Congress
( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html ) website to test and can't
say enough about the quality these prints show. I think I'm going
to move to the variable spectrum inks though as they allow greater
flexibility (warm or cool prints).

I've tried the Museo paper, the Epson HWM, and the Epson Archival
Matte and been rewarded with wonderful results using both inksets.

The folks at MIS have been great to work with to top it off.

Highly recommended!

Kevin

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ksj said:

Well, I received my CFS from MIS for the Espon 1280, and I must say
I'm impressed. I got the one with their "exact match" pigmented
inks, and the results are wonderful. The gamut isn't quite the
same, but I expected that.

I also received some of their quadtone cartridges for my Epson 980,
and and extremely happy with those results as well (I've only used
the John Woolf workflow so far). I printed several of the Ansel
Adams photographs available at the Library of Congress
( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html ) website to test and can't
say enough about the quality these prints show. I think I'm going
to move to the variable spectrum inks though as they allow greater
flexibility (warm or cool prints).

I've tried the Museo paper, the Epson HWM, and the Epson Archival
Matte and been rewarded with wonderful results using both inksets.

The folks at MIS have been great to work with to top it off.

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Kevin,

I love to hear good experiences like this one. I too originally tried out their product, and liked it so much I became a dealer! Their service has been great for me as well. The VM inks are wonderful. You may want to give the Tyler Boley curves a try with them. Happy Printing!

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Gregory Schern
Inkjet Goodies - Photographic & Fine Art Inkjet Supplies
http://www.inkjetgoodies.com
[email protected]
Order Toll Free 866 330-4514

I haven't used it yet, though I loaded it to take a look. Sees pretty painless, but I had an old 486 that I had DOS on. I have the same problem as you with my XP machine. You might check around a bit before you give up. I've seen 486's in garage sales for $10-$20...

csidd said:

ksj said:

Well, I received my CFS from MIS for the Espon 1280, and I must say
I'm impressed. I got the one with their "exact match" pigmented
inks, and the results are wonderful. The gamut isn't quite the
same, but I expected that.

I also received some of their quadtone cartridges for my Epson 980,
and and extremely happy with those results as well (I've only used
the John Woolf workflow so far). I printed several of the Ansel
Adams photographs available at the Library of Congress
( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html ) website to test and can't
say enough about the quality these prints show. I think I'm going
to move to the variable spectrum inks though as they allow greater
flexibility (warm or cool prints).

I've tried the Museo paper, the Epson HWM, and the Epson Archival
Matte and been rewarded with wonderful results using both inksets.

The folks at MIS have been great to work with to top it off.

Highly recommended!

Kevin

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The MIS CFS currently uses a software resetter. They will, however, have a new device in about 2-3 weeks which will make this whole issue a mute point...

--
Gregory Schern
Inkjet Goodies - Photographic & Fine Art Inkjet Supplies
http://www.inkjetgoodies.com
[email protected]
Order Toll Free 866 330-4514

Thanks for the link to the Ansel Adams images! I'm trying out the quadtones now on an older Epson that I picked up for next to nothing and these will be great test images!

kristi

ksj said:

Well, I received my CFS from MIS for the Espon 1280, and I must say
I'm impressed. I got the one with their "exact match" pigmented
inks, and the results are wonderful. The gamut isn't quite the
same, but I expected that.

I also received some of their quadtone cartridges for my Epson 980,
and and extremely happy with those results as well (I've only used
the John Woolf workflow so far). I printed several of the Ansel
Adams photographs available at the Library of Congress
( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html ) website to test and can't
say enough about the quality these prints show. I think I'm going
to move to the variable spectrum inks though as they allow greater
flexibility (warm or cool prints).

I've tried the Museo paper, the Epson HWM, and the Epson Archival
Matte and been rewarded with wonderful results using both inksets.

The folks at MIS have been great to work with to top it off.

Highly recommended!

Kevin

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Hi Kristi,

I'm glad it was of use. I was amazed to find them out there. I personally feel that both the landscape and the portraits are wonderful.

Don't forget to look around the site though. The pano section has some very old images that look great when printed on my 980. Most have been scanned in two sections, or were that way originally, but it's easy to stitch them together.

I also liked the WPA and WWI poster sections. Several are now framed and on my walls, having been printed over the last few weeks @ 13x19 (using Epson inks though).

I tried some images with the MIS ink on the semi-gloss and have found the semi-gloss seems to dry quickly, but will rub off if mishandled over the first 2-3 days after printing. After that you have to rub pretty hard, so I'm happy with them as well.

Here's a link to some of the images I used, which I also think are amazing:

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/2002/11/pr-photos.html

These are hi-res (many megabytes for the tiffs, but not bad for the jpegs) images from the Hubble space telescope. This is another site to look around in, particularly for the images since the new camera was installed.

Kevin

Csidd,

I've been using the chip reset software for about 8 months now and have been very pleased with it. I have both the parallel and USB cables attached to my printer. I print through the USB and the chip reset software goes through the parallel port. This way I never have to remove or add a cable to reset. Reseting on XP is also very little trouble. I took an old Win95 boot disk (floppy) and put the reset program on it. Then just restart the PC with the boot disk and type "reset" and your done. Reboot the PC and the ink status reads 100% again. I think next I'll make a bootable CD-ROM with the reset program on it, this way the I don't have to worry about messing up the floppy disk.

Bill Nichols

csidd said:

ksj said:

Well, I received my CFS from MIS for the Espon 1280, and I must say
I'm impressed. I got the one with their "exact match" pigmented
inks, and the results are wonderful. The gamut isn't quite the
same, but I expected that.

I also received some of their quadtone cartridges for my Epson 980,
and and extremely happy with those results as well (I've only used
the John Woolf workflow so far). I printed several of the Ansel
Adams photographs available at the Library of Congress
( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html ) website to test and can't
say enough about the quality these prints show. I think I'm going
to move to the variable spectrum inks though as they allow greater
flexibility (warm or cool prints).

I've tried the Museo paper, the Epson HWM, and the Epson Archival
Matte and been rewarded with wonderful results using both inksets.

The folks at MIS have been great to work with to top it off.

Highly recommended!

Kevin

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Bill Nichols

Thanks - I'll check these sources out too. I've been doing some testing today with both my MIS quadtones and the MIS color archival ink set I purchased. I'm running the quadtones on an only Epson 800 so the resolution is low, but I picked the printer up for $5 so I'm not complaining. My goal is to see how I like it and if I want to pursue further I'll try to pick up an 1160 which is supposed to be excellent for the quadtones. Problem is, they are still selling for $300 used! Despite the low resolution, I'm having good results - i found that for this particular printer, the 3000 curves seem to work best.

I'm running the color archivals on an Epson 879 that I also picked up for $5 (we had a "garage" sale at work and sold off a bunch of old printers we no longer needed) and my preliminary testing is showing excellent results. I think I'll be very happy with these inks. I'm using Epson Archival Matte paper, which I'm happy to find is very inexpensive (50 sheets for $14.00 or so.)

For regular printing, I'm using a Canon s9000, that I just purchased to replace my HP 1220C. I may just end up liking these MIS inks so much that I'll convert it over when they become available for that printer.

I hope you are getting good results with you MIS inks as well!

Kristi

ksj said:

Hi Kristi,

I'm glad it was of use. I was amazed to find them out there. I
personally feel that both the landscape and the portraits are
wonderful.

Don't forget to look around the site though. The pano section has
some very old images that look great when printed on my 980. Most
have been scanned in two sections, or were that way originally, but
it's easy to stitch them together.

I also liked the WPA and WWI poster sections. Several are now
framed and on my walls, having been printed over the last few weeks
@ 13x19 (using Epson inks though).

I tried some images with the MIS ink on the semi-gloss and have
found the semi-gloss seems to dry quickly, but will rub off if
mishandled over the first 2-3 days after printing. After that you
have to rub pretty hard, so I'm happy with them as well.

Here's a link to some of the images I used, which I also think are
amazing:

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/2002/11/pr-photos.html

These are hi-res (many megabytes for the tiffs, but not bad for the
jpegs) images from the Hubble space telescope. This is another site
to look around in, particularly for the images since the new camera
was installed.

Kevin

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Good heavens - I should proof things before I post. That's an Epson 870, not an 879. And it's an "old" 800, not an "only" 800!
KG

Kristi Guin said:

• i found that for this particular printer, the 3000 curves seem to

work best.

I'm running the color archivals on an Epson 879 that I also picked
up for $5 (we had a "garage" sale at work and sold off a bunch of
old printers we no longer needed) and my preliminary testing is
showing excellent results. I think I'll be very happy with these
inks. I'm using Epson Archival Matte paper, which I'm happy to
find is very inexpensive (50 sheets for $14.00 or so.)

For regular printing, I'm using a Canon s9000, that I just
purchased to replace my HP 1220C. I may just end up liking these
MIS inks so much that I'll convert it over when they become
available for that printer.

I hope you are getting good results with you MIS inks as well!

Kristi

ksj said:

Hi Kristi,

I'm glad it was of use. I was amazed to find them out there. I
personally feel that both the landscape and the portraits are
wonderful.

Don't forget to look around the site though. The pano section has
some very old images that look great when printed on my 980. Most
have been scanned in two sections, or were that way originally, but
it's easy to stitch them together.

I also liked the WPA and WWI poster sections. Several are now
framed and on my walls, having been printed over the last few weeks
@ 13x19 (using Epson inks though).

I tried some images with the MIS ink on the semi-gloss and have
found the semi-gloss seems to dry quickly, but will rub off if
mishandled over the first 2-3 days after printing. After that you
have to rub pretty hard, so I'm happy with them as well.

Here's a link to some of the images I used, which I also think are
amazing:

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/2002/11/pr-photos.html

These are hi-res (many megabytes for the tiffs, but not bad for the
jpegs) images from the Hubble space telescope. This is another site
to look around in, particularly for the images since the new camera
was installed.

Kevin

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