Digital BW, The Print

George,

I am currently using the Colorbyte ImagePrint 4 RIP on my Epson 7000 
with the MIS FS Neutral Tone inks. Have you seen one of my prints? If 
not, I can tell you that the RIP produces lovely fully detailed 
continuous tone prints. Lovely shadow detail, midtones and 
highlights. The rIP is flexible, you can use Cone Inks, MIS Inks, 
Lyson inks and it also does color.

You can arrange multiple images on the same sheet of paper in 
differeing sizes. After printing, the spooler feature lets you repeat 
previous print jobs. You can adjust inks indiviually and do many 
other things.

Colorbyte is currently profiling the following papers with MIS FS 
inks for me. Once complete the profiles with be placed on their 
website for down loading.

H. Photo Rag 308
H. William Turner
Museo
Legion Photo Matte
Bright Cube Eclipse Satine
H. Torchon
Epson Textured Fine Art

IP4 is an open system, in that you can have ICC profiles made by 
anyone. The concept is to have an open system that allows the end 
user to utilize any ink set and any paper he/she desires.

They are also currently working with the MIS VM ink set as well. I 
would image it will be supported within a few months. This is a small 
company and they are developing a desktop version, and a Mac version 
as well. 

If you have additional question, please let me know.

Mike




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., toomagenta@a... wrote:
> I just called Inkjetmall to find out how much the 7000 driver would 
be as a 
> stand alone (no cleaners, no inks) , and they told me it was 
unavailable that 
> way. One had to buy the kit.
> Having had  green problems and clogging problems with thier ink in 
my 1160, I 
> felt that I didn't want to be forced into purchasing their ink for 
my 7000, 
> as I know I am not going to take a chance with it again.
> BTW,I now use the cone driver with the MIS FS in my 1160, and I 
have not had 
> any problems. And I have saved a considerable amount of money to 
boot.
> Has anyone been able to purchase just the RIP? Is this a new policy?
> It's too bad, because his RIP  is great, but I am looking into 
Image Print 4, 
> which sells for a lot less than Cone's kit. Image Print is working 
on an 
> upgrade for the MIS VM Sepia inks to be included at no additional 
charge. 
> And a friend of mine who deals with a company in CA. showed me a 
print of his 
> done with another RIP which is soon TBA. It looked excellent, no 
dots, great 
> tones! Only problem is it is being devised for MAC first! (problem 
for me, 
> that is). And this one is suppose to be a lot less expensive than 
Cone's 
> drivers. And can be used with a multitude of hex black inks.
> So, has anyone seen any hextone prints made with an Epson 7000 
using the 
> Image Print 4 RIP?
> Any comments welcome.
> George J Kunze