Passing of an Ink Icon: PiezoTone 2002 - 2012 Dec 19, 2011 PiezoTones are being discontinued effective March 2012. What ink remaining in inventory will be the last of its kind. The inks affected are PiezoTone WN, PiezoTone CS, PiezoTone, ST, Museum Black, Por... piezography life writing Read more
Prep and print Aug 2, 2011 Sometimes my customers are amazed to hear that InkjetMall is actually owned by a printmaker rather than a businessman or some inkjet conglomerate. But, InkjetMall is essentially an outgrowth of my pri... fine art paper maintenance printmaking printmaking at cone editions Read more
Now we're farming! New Piezography Developments Jul 14, 2011 July is here. The weather is hot. Development time for all new Piezography products is at hand. While the Piezography for Canon project requires new ink formulation and testing (a long process), prior... piezography development writing Read more
Trouble switching between MK and PK in desktop printers? Jun 21, 2011 Question: I wanted to change my desktop printer from Matte Black to Photo Black. But the printer reported that there is not enough ink to execute this action. What can I do? Desktop printer models req... cartridges from dana's desk maintenance product use Read more
Humidity redux May 26, 2011 Humidity reminder! We always alert our customers to Epson print head problems during the Winter when heating systems deplete the moisture in the air and turn Epson printers into ungrateful beasts of b... maintenance Read more
Don Messec: Making Art Safely, Part 2 May 24, 2011 My second day of working with Don Messec [1] of Making Art Safely ( see Part 1 by clicking here [2] ) was intended to be used to determine if Piezography inks can bring anything unique to his photop... artists piezography and food piezography life writing Read more
Don Messec: Making Art Safely, Part 1 May 23, 2011 Last week I was working with Don Messec at his amazing and healthy printmaking studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Don has dedicated the last two decades to making art safer for printmakers and artists. I... artists piezography life writing Read more
Piezography Digital Negative meets Mark Nelson's Precision Digital Negative (PDN optional not required) Mar 28, 2011 UPDATE: Piezography Digital Negative has taken a GIANT leap forward and is now called PiezoDN. Read more about it here: https://piezography.com/piezodn/about-piezodn/ [1] <OLDER CONTENT> By marrying ... digital negatives writing Read more
QTR User Guide for Mac updated Mar 17, 2011 I’ve updated the Piezography QuadTone RIP K7/K6 User Manual for Macintosh. While we try to warn users NOT to rely on the standard QTR manual that is part of the QTR package, it is not because Roy Harr... piezography technical research workflow writing Read more
PiezoFlush for printer storage Mar 17, 2011 Question: I have (2) Epson 4000 printers that I want to put into storage for an extended period of time. How much Piezoflush will it take to accomplish this without using more than I need for the task... from dana's desk maintenance tech-support Read more
Epson 4900 7890 7900 9890 9900 R3000 possibilities Mar 15, 2011 We were surprised to read over on the QuadTone RIP users list [1] that a QTR user alerted Roy Harrington to the possibility that the Epson X890 and X900 printer control codes might actually be the s... piezography development writing Read more
Digital Negatives: Getting very long in the shadow Mar 8, 2011 Piezography Digital Negative number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine… Number thirty actually. Thirty different major curve architectures, or software methodologies have now passed since I l... digital negatives writing Read more