Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

the Gen4 inkset has its following for archival color printing, but hardly anyone 
here would consider making bw prints with color pigments AND the Epson 
driver combined. If you have a RIP then maybe you can get a consistent 
enough grayscale, otherwise you are in for some heavy duty profiling 
excercises.

The Gen 4 has a pretty good dmax because of a small percent of dye in its 
black. Some prefer the MIS Perpetuals which are all pigment. Either would 
beat the dyes for stability but  probably won't match their dmax (that's also a 
function of the coating of the paper). One nice thing about the Gen4 is that 
they are sold by inkjetmall who also sell profiles for them.

If you want a "compromise" solution of one printer for both color and bw you 
may want to look into the new Epson printers with the 7 carts and twin blacks.

Antonis



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., stephen.bate@m... wrote:

> So, I have decided to give Generations G4 colour pigments a try and have
> read good reports of gamut, Dmax and longevity.  BUT - I have no idea how
> the performance of these inks will suit me for B&W prints.
> I know this methodology is WAY behind the kind of hi-tech solutions you
> folks are using but I am not ready / cannot afford to go the quad/hextone
> route yet, so this is a real option for my B&Ws.  I guess most people here
> have upgraded from colour B&W prints at some point, so does anybody 
have
> any experience on how the prints from this pigment set would compare to 
the
> dyes I have been using or OEM inks when used for B&W prints?
> 
> Help appreciated
> 
> Steve.