U.S. Supreme Court, Update May 31, 2017 This is an exciting newsletter to write. Recently, much has happened to affect our industry and company. With a world in turmoil, Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision will impact our economy and environme... newsletter opinion Read more
Impression Products v. Lexmark Inkjet hits the Supreme Court Mar 27, 2017 This is a strange newsletter topic, but it concerns a matter that was argued before the Supreme Court this week and it affects all of our customers in one way or another. With only 8 Justices sitting,... newsletter opinion Read more
The Proof of Piezography Oct 1, 2016 It can be helpful to have a reference image to print and check your Piezography system, or compare to other systems. This “Proof of Piezography” image consists of a fine line section to check detail, ... calibration featured piezography workflow Read more
Piezography Curve Adjustment Tool Sep 12, 2016 In early March of 2016 we introduced our new digital negative system we call PiezoDN [1] . Along with its amazing ability to make digital negatives for any darkroom process, we added a small tool cal... calibration featured piezography development piezography products Read more
Piezography Soft Proofing May 16, 2013 We have updated these instructions with a much better set available at our system company Cone Edition.* You can view them here. [1] * [1] https://cone-editions.com/help/#iccs... calibration piezography technical research workflow Read more
To upgrade or not Feb 14, 2013 I recently upgraded to Lightroom 4 and was very pleasantly surprised to experience that it is possible to print directly to QuadTone RIP from LightRoom 4 without any color management interference [1]... mac osx opinion piezography product use Read more
Epson 7900/9900 considerations Feb 16, 2012 Ouch! The Epson 7900 and 9900 printers are taking a beating in the User Forums. There is a lot of talk about quickly expiring print heads that do not last the life of the warranty or expire just after... 7890 / 9897900 / 9900 opinion product use Read more
Jon Cone Uses Custom Inkset for Sutra Exhibition Photo Prints Sep 25, 2011 None [1] Reprinted by permission from Great Output [2] JON CONE USES CUSTOM INKSET FOR SUTRA EXHIBITION PHOTO PRINTS Here’s a story that vividly illustrates the distinction between the increasingly ... fine art paper printmaking printmaking at cone editions roland Read more
Epson makes a tiny step in the right direction Sep 21, 2011 Epson announced this week that they are going to be packaging all of their ink cartridges in 100% recycled paper. I think that this is a positive step in the right direction. But, it does not address ... cartridges opinion refilling reuse Read more
Printing images from Photoshop =>CS4 Feb 10, 2011 When Photoshop updated CS4, they removed the “No Color Management” option from the Print dialogue. We assumed that printing instead with “Printer Manages Color” would produce the same effect because t... calibration workflow writing Read more
QuadTone RIP Dec 22, 2009 BACKGROUND* There are two RIPs which support Piezography inks. The ErgoSoft StudioPrint RIP (SPR) is expensive and very full-featured. It has enormous flexibility at a high cost. The other, QuadTone R... rips writing Read more
A Calibration Primer Jan 20, 2009 INTRODUCTION* Piezography K7 is intended as a synergistic relationship between seven shades of carbon black ink and a special Piezography curve for the QuadTone RIP (QTR) software. The Piezography des... calibration workflow writing Read more