PiezoDN is a set of tools and QuadtoneRIP curves for printing and calibrating high-quality negatives using Piezography ink. PiezoDN is also a set of quality standards and ideas for revolutionizing both darkroom printing and digital printing as a whole.

You can buy it right here. You will get an email with a username and password to this site (piezodn.inkjetmall.com) that will allow you to download the PiezoDN package and all its updates forever. It may take up to 24hrs for us to build your username and password if you buy PiezoDN on a weekend. It’s a manual process right now. Just like the darkroom!

The only film that we support and the only film that is capable of absorbing the amount of ink that PiezoDN prints is Pictorico OHP Ultra Premium Film. Regular Pictorico OHP or other films will not absorb the additional ink that PiezoDN prints. 

The first place to look for information is The Piezography Manual 2016 Deluxe Edition that comes installed with PiezoDN and includes detailed instructions on PiezoDN workflow and calibration. This website also has a private members-only forum that you’ll be able to post questions on and share curve-files on. This will be the place to ask questions. Lastly, there is tons of general Piezography support at our general forum found at http://inkjetmall.com/tech

Currently PiezoDN  works on both OS X and Windows. Both OS X and Windows versions will print “linear” just like Piezography. Windows does not allow printing with ICC profiles. The OS X version of PiezoDN gives you two choices:  printing a linear print (slightly lighter than the monitor) or combining with an ICC profile to match the print to the monitor. If you use a hardware calibrator display such as the few models produced by BenQ, Eizo and NEC your best option is to print linear and Soft Proof with a Piezography produced ICC for absolute screen to print match.

You can print BOTH! PiezoDN is compatible with many of our ink sets. For example, it is compatible with Piezography Pro inks and any of the Piezography P2 ink sets on all supported printers with 8 or more ink channels. The easiest way to pick out an ink set is on the Inkjetmall website using this page which has been pre-filtered for PiezoDN compatible ink systems. Then choose your printer model and the type of ink set you prefer.

PiezoDN can be calibrated for any Piezography Pro, K7, K6, or P2 inkset that is PiezoDN compatible on a Piezography supported Epson printer.

No. In this sense, PiezoDN is meant for people already adept at darkroom printing. PiezoDN is a digital negative solution. PiezoDN does include datasheets for each of the supplied curves that sketch out the darkroom conditions that were present when each turnkey curve was built.

That said, the private forum that you have access to after buying PiezoDN does have some goldmines of darkroom information. 🙂

Yes. PiezoDN has a set of tools for modifying .quad curves in very unique ways that allow for truly calibrated darkroom work with up to 129 individual calibrated data-points. PiezoDN also allows you to LIMIT your neg density to allow for printing on “delicate” darkroom emulsion such as gum bichromate and cyanotype.

You can share the curves with your friends (who are customers) only at piezodn.inkjetmall.com/forum but not out in the world. We have put such an investment into the Research and Development of PiezoDN that the package is sold with a software license. PiezoDN can be installed on up to three individual computers owned by the buyer or on up to 10 computers in a classroom setting.

PiezoDN is built only for Piezography ink. Piezography ink is micro-encapsulated and uniquely gloss compatible with finer carbon particles than leading OEM inks. The PK1 (previously WN1) Piezography black ink is also incredibly opaque and full resolution on gloss material. This enables PiezoDN negatives to be printed and manipulated in very unique ways for processes like Ziatype and Salt. Other inks just can’t cut it and PiezoDN will not work at all with other inks. Piezography can be a complex system.

The best way to learn Piezography is to take a class with us at Cone Editions. The alternative is to research Piezography at http://piezography.com and also to download the Piezography Manual, 2016 Edition.

Yes it does. Many models are now supported in USA and Europe. 

The P400, P600 require our special refillable cartridges. The P800 requires installing chipless firmware to disable the mechanism that Epson is using to prevent use with non-Epson branded cartridges. The P5000 is not currently supported. The P6000, P7000, P8000, and P9000 are supported but require one-time use chips. The newer SureColor printers released after Trump dismanteld the Dept of Consumer Protection in 2018 are not expected to be able to be used with your choice of ink. For example the new P700 and P900 in USA will not function without EPSON carts whereas the EU region P700 and P900 must be able to be used with a chip resetter. In some instances converting the main logic boards of these printers to China region main logic boards permits them to be used with China region chips that by China consumer protection law must be able to be reset with a chip resetter. Unfortunately, QuadTone RIP does not support the new SureColor 7570 and 9570 printers. If it does we can help you convert your USA purchased 7570 and 9570 to China regional printers.

PiezoDN supports the following Epson Printer models: 1400, 1430, 1500W, R2000, R2880, R3000, 3800, 3880, 4800, 4880, 4900, 7800, 7880, 7900, 7900, 7890, 9900, 9890. SureColor P400, P600, P700 (EU region only) P800, P900 (EU region only), P6000, P7000, P8000, P9000.