Digital BW, The Print

> Clayton, I tried to follow your workflow last night.  I recently
bought a
> 2200 and have used a 1280 for over a year and also have an 875 and
780.  I
> debated long and hard over the last year and a half about adding a
quad set
> to my 1280 but didn't want to limit myself to monotone only printing
on my
> wide format printer.  I then considered adding it to my 875 but I do do
> quite a bit of monotones and wanted the ability to print larger than
8 x 10.
> So--I've been in a quandary.  When the 2200 was announced I decided
to buy
> it in hopes that this would be a better solution.  In the past, I've
been
> processing in duotones (tris and quads) to come to some sort of
solution.
> Last night I tried your method on my 2200 with the matte black ink
and 2880
> dpi.  At this moment I am trying it with my 1280 at 1440.  My
question is:
> has anyone else tried it with the 2200 and with the 2 different
black inks
> and what are your feelings about it--assuming that you are in the
camp where
> it is one possible solution.

My main problem with BO on the 2200 is that I simply don't like the
reddish tone of the epson black inks. I've exchanged prints with
Clayton and I think the results he gets with MIS VM inks are
incredible. I much prefer the tone of his prints to what I get on my
2200. For the same reason I don't really like printing with the two
blacks together, they're too warm for my taste. Of course, all of this
is just my personal preference, your tastes may be different.

I also reccommend you try the iProof PowerRIP demo to see whether that
is something that could work for you. You get little or no metamerism
and beautiful neutral black and whites. I love the output I'm getting,
while Matthew here found the dithering slightly too coarse, but since
you're considering BO printing I think it's possible you could like
the results.

You can find the demo here:
http://www.iproofsystems.com/epson/pcsupportepson.htm

You may be interested to know that Lyson will announce both cartridges
and a CIS system for the 2200 in early march, and I'm pretty sure
others are going to make announcements soon as well.