Piezography ink workshop
After a gathering of printmakers at the SPE conference in March 2011, vaguely documented here - Jon Cone invited everyone to Cone Editions for a “Piezography ink workshop” or print-fest, general gathering.. as Scott King and Bill Kennedy were planning to attend an unrelated workshop in the area. With Walker a Vermonter, that left just John Dean and myself having to travel. Ultimately...
Read MorePiezography Digital Negative meets Mark Nelson’s Precision Digital Negative (PDN optional not required)
Last week in the darkroom, I used Mark Nelson’s Precision Digital Negative (PDN) system to linearize a Piezography Digital Negative. The PDN system was designed for use with color inks and the Epson printer driver. Through a five step process it creates a digital negative by choosing the best combination of color inks that block UV light and creating and exporting a Photoshop curve that is...
Read MoreMaking a fine Piezography print
A new Piezography Chronicle has been produced on the basics of making a fine Piezography print. Piezography does not take any particular skill that is not required to make a competent print with an OEM solution. Having said that, not everyone can make a print using the OEM solution in a competent manner. This PDF is “basics” that covers the steps you need to take to begin using...
Read MoreGimme that old time feeling
This winter I have been shooting with a combination of plastic Diana lenses, single element optic lenses, and my prized Zeiss Distagon 21mm ƒ2.8. Shooting with a diana lens makes me feel a bit nostalgic for my photographic education. Even though I owned a Leica M5 and a decent Pentax with interchangeable lenses I had to spend my first year at Ohio University shooting with a plastic Diana camera....
Read MorePiezography Glossy Curves library
The is a curves update for QuadTone RIP users of the Piezography MPS Glossy system. Piezography Glossy printing is any type of printing on non-matte papers (including Baryta). These papers require our MPS inks which are both matte and glossy compatible due to additional layers of pigment encapsulation. All Piezography pigment is encapsulated to prevent agglomeration due to static charge. However,...
Read MorePiezography Master Photography System
Piezography MPS (Master Printmaking System) for the Epson 3800 / 3880 is also available for the Epson 2880, 4800, 4880, 7800, 7880, 9800, and 9880 This is the latest incarnation of the Piezography system by the Master Printer Jon Cone of Cone Editions Press. Piezography inks and software are sold exclusively in the USA by InkjetMall, and are formulated by Vermont PhotoInkjet, LLC of Topsham,...
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