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Quadtones: New Cone Quadtone Set by George DeWolfe Jon Cone has just released his long-awaited ConeTech Piezography®BW Quadtone inkset. The kit includes four Quadtone inks, a printer driver, and a well-produced manual that support the EPSON 3000. Many quadtone printers will be excited about this product because it eliminates the worst problem in working with the 3000 - dots in the highlights. By overlapping the four quadtones carefully and combining the ink dilution and driver algorithm, Cone has successfully created continuous tone black-and-white archival quality. All work is carried out in grayscale. Included in the driver are profiles for printing many of the popular fine art papers, including Somerset Velvet, Somerset Enhanced, Concord Rag, Arches, and others. These profiles are very accurate, even to the point of having to readjust your black-and-white point in Photoshop only slightly to get just the desired result. In addition, one must readjust the print head alignment for each different thickness of paper, instead of the old method of adjusting it with copy paper. The driver also includes a nonspecific unsupported profile mechanism for media not available in the ready-made profile box. The inks have a slightly warm color, closer to Agfa Portriga Rapid photographic paper than the MIS Quadtones, which are closer to Ilford Galarie. I found that by using Genuine Fractals to boost the resolution, I can make 16 x 20 prints from 4 x 5 negatives with these new inks and driver that are indistinguishable from silver photographs. You will be amazed, pleased, and excited by Jon Cone's Piezography®BW inkset.
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