This is a drop dead gorgeous set of inks that gets "wow" reactions from professional photographers I've shown prints to at ICP, for example. It just has a subtle transition of the tones that works well with almost all of my street and fine art work, in particular the latter. Next going to print a Cuba portfolio with this for example, to show at a local gallery.
I've never had a problem with clogging with this ink even letting it sit for a couple of weeks unused. I also follow Jon's recommendations on using flush cartridges when I don't print for long periods as that has proven easy to do and works perfectly for restarting the printers. Now use it in a 4800 as well.
Couldn't recommend it more highly to anyone who started with silver gelatin and wants to recapture the magic look of lucious black and white prints.
8/3/2011 6:45 am
For me: the BEST !!!
Printmaker, Dean Imaging
8/2/2011 6:45 pm
The recent very strict accelerated tests (Aardenburg) of the Cone Piezography Carbon K7 shows it to be leading all the other monochrome pigment ink sets on the market today. Not only are they not showing any signs of premature fade, but they are not showing any drift in the print color either. They are the closest thing there is to a platinum-palladum print in the digital world of the pigment inkjet process. No other inkset has so many subtle light values to work with. Jon has created a wide variety of hue sets of Piezography carbon based inks, but the one that I keep coming back to, for both my clients and my personal work is the K7 100% Carbon set. It was formally known as Carbon Sepia. I believe that recently Jon realized that the designation ÒsepiaÓ was a psychologically limiting description in that these ultra-subtle warm carbon dilutions are in no way related to the bright red-yellow color that one may by habit associate with sepia toning and the like from our darkroom days, thus the updating of the name recently to simply K7 Carbon.
These reusable cartridges are easily filled with the included funnels. A complete set of bottles of Piezography ink are included which have at least 236ml (8oz) ink. The carts are clear and easy to see the ink level. They never need resetting. When a cart is empty, simply order another bottle of ink to refill it. The costs of use of this system is extremely economical and friendly to the environment at the same time! Never throw away another one-time use cart!
The customer needs to download QuadTone RIP to install Piezography K7 profiles ($50 shareware.)
Piezography K7 Sepia ink is available in seven shades. It is a matte paper only formulation because it does not contain even a trace of dye. Piezography Sepia inks have a warm brown sepia appearance which is pleasantly subdued. The ink like Neutral, will appear warmer or cooler if the user chooses papers which are warmer or cooler than the standard white of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag or Innova Photo Cotton Smooth. Piezography Sepia inks have virtually zero metamerism and fade. This is a superior quality ink designed for highest standard black & white printing. The best results are gained by using Piezography made profiles for QuadTone RIP.
A set of eight refillable cartridges with resetter and funnels. (RCS-4000-KIT8) One bottle each of Piezography shade 1 black, Carbon shades 2 through 7. One bottle of PiezoFlush.
This kit will fit the Epson printer and can be used to repair or enhance the printer so that it produces the highest standard of black & white printing. This kit is compatible with the Epson 4000, 7600, 9600 printer. Piezography Carbon inks are compatible with all non-baryta and non-glossy papers. They are intended for use with Piezography K6 and K7 profiles when used with QuadTone RIP according to the Piezography QuickStart Manual for QTR which can be found in our technical support section.
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