Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "chatzebussi
<chatzebussi@y...>" <chatzebussi@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danielstaver 
> <daniel@p...>" <daniel@p...> wrote:
> > > What the 2100/2200 needs is a way to use all its blacks,
> > > i.e., the dark black AND the light black cartridge, and
> > > not any of the colors.  This would produce very neutral
> > > prints with minimal metamerism, but a less obvious dot
> > > pattern than the darkest cartridge alone.
> > 
> > That's based on the assumption that the light black is actually
> > neutral. It's not. Printing with the two blacks will get you a print
> > with a very varm brown sepia-tone.
> 
> And how can you use the two blacks, if you have no RIP, please?
> 
> Mathias

You can't. It's not possible with the standard Epson driver to do
this. GIMP-print is a free alternative that will get you there, but
with poor transitions between the two blacks and microbanding problems.