Piezography printmaking is the latest incarnation of the legendary black & white inkjet processes that Jon Cone has been developing since the early 1990's. Piezography is printed using pure carbon pigment ink sets with as many as seven dilutions. This process produces the smoothest possible tonality, greatest available longevity, and can produce tack sharp enlargements from medium to large format film. Because Jon Cone develops the Piezography ink sets, we can customize solutions for special projects including inks and software.

Benefits
By eliminating color inks to print black & white, we accomplish several things:

• Better longevity because there are no color components to fade or shift.
• Zero metamerism.
• True monochromatic look.
• Greater detail in shadows and highlights than conventional darkroom prints.

Fade-resistance
We have six large format printers dedicated to different Piezography ink sets such as Neutral K7, Carbon Sepia, Selenium Tone, Warm Neutral, and two different SplitTone ink sets. All of these ink sets feature between six and seven dilutions of ink and have an unprecedented lightfastness. These inks have been designed to fade less than that which is human perceptible. The density loss over time will be 5% or less, a stark comparison to that of EPSON and HP which have fade rates of 35%. Additionally, Piezography inks will not color shift greater than deltaE 2. These are below that of the human visible perception. Piezography is the best way to print your black & white images if you care about the highest possible standards.

How it works
The Piezography process starts with either drum scans of your original film or from your digital camera files. If you have medium or large format film, we can scan with tremendous optical resolution in order to produce tack sharp enlargements up to 44" wide. With 35mm film we will optimize the scan to reduce grain as much as possible. . We scan specifically for the Piezography process adjusting the detail and tonal ranges for optimum results. Digital camera files produce very smooth results with enlargements that may be possible beyond your expectations. We will of course help determine what is possible. Additionally, we can use our TTI scanner to recreate fine art pencil and charcoal drawings to make uncanny replications.

Pricing
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