Digital BW, The Print

Frank,

>In general I  am pretty happy with the printer/inks/curves. I noticed
>the dots tonight on an image I was working on & hoped I could reduce
>them. I cant consider another printer or even piezo software - $ are
>a big issue now. I want to maximize what I have. So only if changing
>the inkset will help will I be able to consider that.

Try printing with the standard vm-warm curve.  It cuts the toner out of the
highlights.  See if the dots are a problem for you then.  Also, where are
you noticing these dots?

What I'm getting at is that you should determine whether changing inksets
will help.  It may not.

> Perhaps weaning my CFS off the Sepia>Neutral inkset

Most do not recommend changing inksets with a CFS unless you also change the
cartridge to get the old ink out.

> - but which inks would I replace
>them with ? With this set I Mostly use the Neutral curve anyway, &
>occasionally the Med Warm.

There is no other variable-mix/tone inkset that will be any better.  The
gray inks in the vm-s are the fs-n inks.  It you use the vm-w standard MIS
VM warm curve, then you'll see what the midtones and highlights with that
inkset will look like.  It's slightly cooler than the vm-s.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com