Color Pigment Output: HPZ3100 Vivera

My Color output is set up to produce the greatest possible permanence without sacrificing color gamut. I start with a good scan or direct digital capture, refine it in Photoshop, and output on custom profiled Z3100 44" wide printer. It has the ability to reproduce photographs, paintings, drawings, or other 2D artworks very accurately, while at the same time produce a level of permanence not readily available in a photo or digital process until fairly recently. The kind of color rendition we output ranges from the high saturation high resolution look associated with "Type C", Lightjet, or Lambda prints, to the soft delicate pastel qualities previously the domain of Iris, platinum, or multi-color silkscreen prints. Both the quality and permanence of these processes are influenced by the type of media used. However, accurate color and tonality can be reproduced (and expanded upon) on almost any coated media we have tried. For more information about this pigment process see our data in Permanence page.

Cone Piezography Neutral and Carbon Sepia K7 Process

Within the last few years I have been pleased to be able to offer Piezography monochrome neutral pigment output in print sizes up to 44" wide. Piezography K7 are 100% pigment black and white carbon based inksets created by Cone Editions of Vermont. Jon Cone is one of the early innovators in fine art digital printmaking going back to its very beginnings. Before Epson, Canon, or HP inks were usable for monochrome fine art printing, Cone's beautiful black and white quad carbonized ink sets became well known for their delicate smooth values and high resolution. His innovations and hard work have inspired many developments in this area of fine art monochrome. We are offering the neutral hue K7 monochrome set. Studio Print 12 is our rip software of choice these days for this ink set. Studio Print, created by the Swiss company ErgoSoft, is clearly the most sophisticated and adaptable technique there is for working with these kinds of subtle inks. In addition to the Piezography Neutral K7 inks we also offer the Piezography K7 Carbon Sepia pigments. These beautiful subtle inks have a silvery warm quality that resembles fine platinum/palladium printmaking. Right now we use Piezography only on matte rag and fine art papers. Carbon on Cotton is the most beautiful combination for tonal delicacy. http://www.inkjetmall.com.

HpZ3100 Monochrome

With the HPZ3100, neutral or toned highly stable monochrome prints are also possible and this is what I use for monochrome work done on both matte papers as well as the new generation of fiber gloss/semi-gloss papers such as those made by Innova, Crane, and Hahnemuhle. The dmax and color gamut of this ink set on these papers is exceptional and gray ink only approach with the gloss enhancer channel is smooth and uniform. Depending on the papers used, the image color is either a selenium tone color or neutral color. If color inks are added to the mix any monochrome hue is possible. The color and gray inks of this inkset are designed to fade at the same rate over the very long term in order to avoid any color shifting in the distant future.