Digital BW, The Print

> I went and looked at the R9, but it looked like just the Cone SW that
> I already have for my 3000, didn't list the larger printers.

ken,

they list them, but I don't see them selling it on ebay. Are you on Windows? 
Email them at info@... and see what they say.

Also, contact Colorbyte directly regarding imageprint. You want to make sure 
they support the inks you are planning to use. The program comes with 
profiles, and they are offering to make quad profiles for your chosen paper. 
However, this  assumes that you are using an inkset they already support. 
MIS- VM is not one of them, I believe.

Another RIP  for Windows is PosterPrint by Ergosoft but it doesn't claim 
support for quads.

Considering that the 7500 is old head technology (large droplets), I would 
think it would be a waste to use it with the Epson driver for quad tones - you 
may see more dots in the wrong place on the tonal scale than you'd like. 
Either R9 or Imageprint would be a must. Keep in mind that the former is tied 
to the Sundance inks, while IP is open to new inksets such as Piezotones.



> 
> The 7500 owner is asking $2000 without stand which I think is high,
> since a new 7600 is only 50% more.

It's high, but you can't quite compare to the 7600 . You can't do quads with the 
new Epsons until the chip code has been cracked. Your best option for a 7600 
would still be to add a RIP and then hope you like the way Ultrachromes 
render grayscales. A whole other animal.


Antonis