Digital BW, The Print

> What will the new Epson quad set do that Imageprint cannot do with
> the standard inksets and tint picker, I wonder?

I'm not sure a perfectly profiled 2200/7600 will make a top notch B&W
printer.  If there is differential fading of the UltraChrome color pigments,
the neutral print of today may look cyan 3 months from now.  I'm currently
testing the UltraChromes for this as we speak, but it will take a while to
get results.

So, a quad UltraChrome inkset would solve this likely problem.
Additionally, a small gamut approach can greatly reduce the problem.

I think a small-gamut inkset for the 2200/7600 series makes a lot of sense
and could be ready for release within a year -- possible from both Epson and
a third party source.

These inksets are not mature products, and the ink technology is moving
forward quickly.  There may be a 3rd party inkset that beats the
UltraChromes -- and without the resin and metamerism.  It will be tested in
a standard Epson printer soon.  If it works, the UltraChrome performance
(sans metamerism) might be available to all our old Epsons -- with whatever
driver you prefer.  These inks are moving targets.  There appears to be a
bright future.

That said, we have to use the best of what is out there now.  I can't
guarantee that the FS-K and PT-S midtones are compatible, but at first Jon
Cone was saying that while the CIS should be flushed, there was no need to
flush the heads.  This indicates that they are compatible.  Frankly, the
only compatibility problems I know of are with Lyson inks, due to their
different pH.  All the popular pigments are compatible as far as I know.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com