Digital BW, The Print

> -Start looking into these RIPs.  Download PowerRIP demo (thanks 
> Daniel).  Actually looks pretty damn good (I recommend trying it), 
> but still is not there for me because I'm just really fussy.  0-10% 
> looks fairly dotty. 

Did you try printing in 2880dpi with PowerRIP? Unlike the Epson 
driver there is a big difference between 2880 and 1440 in PowerRIP. 
Still, the dithering pattern will be slightly more coarse than the 
Epson driver. I've heard that this is also the case with ImagePrint.

And yes, using 2880dpi will be really, really slow, so this is not a 
solution for someone who does volume-printing.

If you're curious about what a print with the two blacks look like 
you can try to assign a grayscale profile like Gray Gamma 1.8 when 
you print in Photoshop. Otherwise, leave it at 'Postscript color 
management'.