Piezography Neutral K7 inks for b&w

[iml]

Has anyone here tried these inks?

http://www.piezography.com/site/piezography-neutral-k7.html

I have an Epson R1800 and print almost exlusively b&w, on matte or lustre paper, so this is an interesting option. The R1800 produces very good b&w, but prints are prone to a purplish cast under natural light (metamerism). They look very good under normal tungsten light, however.

I need a new set of inks soon anyway, and the Piezo inks are not too expensive compared to standard Epson inks, so maybe these are worth exploring.

All input welcome.

Ian

 

[iml]

I guess nobody has tried these, but maybe they're not needed.

Turns out the standard Epson inkset can produce really good b&w. Investigating the piezo inks led me to Quad Tone RIP. I've been playing with it for a couple of days and have finally got a curve that is producing excellent results (cool/sepia, 80% blend in favour of the former, in case anyone's interested). I'm now making prints which look far better than what I was getting with the standard Epson driver, deep blacks, good shadow detail, no trace of the slight purplish cast I always got before. The learning curve is steep and you need to be prepared to spend a few hours using up ink and paper making test prints, but it's worth the effort.

http://www.quadtonerip.com/

Ian