Digital BW, The Print

Ernst Dinkla <e.dinkla@...> wrote:
>
> ... Considering the higher resolutions, smaller droplets 
> of today's inkjet printers and far better ...

I think these same factors have made the need for small gamut much less important if one of the reasons is smoothness.  At least with the 1400's 1.5 pl drop, I'm not seeing any reason not to use the Y and LM as toners, which is what I'm doing in the dye inkset I'm now printing with.  (See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1400-Claria-Noritsu-2K2LK.pdf )  

Lower gamut inks or toners may make profiling easier, but I'm not even sure of that unless you take the low gamut all the way to monotone.  I think the UT 3D inkset was harder for most to profile.  The fewer "dimensions" or axes one has to correct, the easier it is.  So, a monotone is the easiest, then a one-toner approach.

I find the high gamut toners potentially easier to use because, at least in the dye set I'm working with, because so little is used that the tones can be altered without the need to re-linearize the profile.

> Small Gamut inks should fit OEM drivers easier than any 
> other custom quad mixture I guess. Not 
> to mention adapted ICC color management.

Yes, I think that  is true and may be the main argument for them now.

Being able to have profiling software work with the inkset was one of the reasons for and goals of the UT 3D inkset. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com