Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Mark, what black ink?  I have been using the VM black, and the 
actual color is magnificent. I'm going to try printing at 2880 right 
now just
> to see if it improves.

Sorry, Jerry. Forgot to specify. I have the MIS 6-color dyes loaded. 
In the Epson print driver, I just selected "Black", instead of my 
standard "Color", at 1440, Hispeed Off, and "Same as Source", 
and Gamma 1.8, and PhotoPaper as MediaType.

Again, the neutrality of the color was beautiful, but when viewed 
at about 12" away, you could readily see that "stippling" look to 
the dots. Very pronounced dots. I have no idea what the Epson 
driver does when you just select BLACK; but it seems to default 
to a coarse dithering pattern.

The scan was very smooth: 22"x18", greyscale, at 240dpi, from 
my Imacon.

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(For what it's worth, I ordered the CIS system today for my 7000, 
from MIS, with the variable hextone inks. Will be here on Friday. 
Bob seemed to imply that all the kinks have been worked out; 
they're on their fourth version of it for the 7000. No drilling; no 
monkey business...

I just can't leave well enough alone...)

-Mark Tucker