Digital BW, The Print

Piezography K7/K6 works great.  A definate higher standard than ABW .  Because Photo Black Piezography requires a Gloss Optimizer 2nd pass , a 7 channel printer would need to be a K6 with the 7th channel would be used for the GLO.  I know Cone is releasing , if not already,  a PZ2 which are printing curves for the modified K6 with a channel for the GLO.  The seventh , lightest shade is omited however even a K6 is a higher standard than any K3 or K4 inkset and the Photo Black shade 1 is just as dense as OEM Photo Black. 
Mark
On May 9, 2013, at 7:13 PM, dwight_talley wrote:

> I purchased an Epson 7600 for about $200 that came with 7 large bottles of UT7 black ink. I have dedicated the printer to print black and white with the ink and refill carts. 
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> Now for the hard stuff. I cant seem to get a print that I like. I need to know the steps that I need to take to make quality prints from my b&w TIF files. I have printed some test images and I use the curve profiles that have been created to work with Photoshop. So far so good but the photo black prints I make with my color 7600 seems to have blacker blacks and overall are much better. The test prints work well and I can see the differences in the prints from Warm to Neutral as set in the Photoshop curves. 
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> The paper I use for B&W is matte. I have even tried semi gloss but the images look washed out or mostly grey. Playing around with the photos I realize I get better prints from TIF files and not JPGs. 
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> I use Qimage to print the curve adjusted files. 
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> So here are my questions:
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> 1. What paper should I be using with the UT7 ink on this printer?
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> 2. How do you setup Quadtone RIP to work with this printer and 7 inks? I did a quick look and was lost. I am to understand that this program is what everyone uses.
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> 3. Am I expecting too much for the 7 ink system to look as good as Photo black?
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> 4. Is there a simple step by step process to make a nice print?
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> 5. Should I just dump the UT7 and go with another 7 ink black system?
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> Thanks for any info you can provide.
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> This printer has been sitting since I cant figure out a nice way to print. I would hate to convert it back to color.
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> Dwight
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