Digital BW, The Print

Well, after some days of trial and error I would say:
the whole thing it isn´t that easy as it seemed to be.

If I compare these combos:

#1  1160, Piezo driver, Piezo inks
#2  1160, Piezo Driver , MIS FS inks
#3  1160, Woolf workflow, MIS FS inks

it seems to be, that I get full tonal-range prints with the #1 combo 
the easiest way, because the digital row is calibrated to get a 
match between monitor and print image, so corrections in PS 
are easy to judge before printing the next image.

With some curve tweaking it is possible to get  a rather similar 
result with the second combo. But as monitor and print don´t 
match any longer (monitor picture is now significantly darker as 
print), corrections in the curve are harder to judge.

Even if I would say that you can get very good looking prints 
without the Cone Driver - but with the Woolf workflow, this # 3 
combo needs extrem curve tweaking - so that the monitor image 
is nearly black from the midtones to the blacks - and curve fine 
tuning as no longer judgable on the monitor and printing 
becomes a trial and error process.

I want to stress that these are preliminary results.
Maybe I´m missing something, maybe I should check my 
monitor calibration. Maybe I need some more experience, 
maybe...  ... just wanted to know, whether you are working hard 
too  -- or could it be that you are asleep now?
; - )

Bernd