Digital BW, The Print

I can understand how someone with a single printer, say a 2200, might 
want to look at BlackOnly printing vs. the color-ink mix version, but 
vs. quads?  That's crazytalk!

I have both--two 7000s--one for color with MS Gen5 inks and one for 
grayscale with Cone PiezoPro24 and Sundance 'classic' (as in 'when 
will these carts finally run out so I can pull 'em without feeling 
like I'm wasting money'?), soon to be Cone WarmNeutrals.  I have 
tried BO on the color machine, mostly just to diagnose a color-
shifted gray print.  Ultimately better profiles solved that.  But 
having the choice between BO or color-based grayscale and a true quad 
system and the choice is pretty easy...I'll take the quads.  The 
prints are lusterous and pretty much no more grainy or noisy than a 
darkroom print (though its been many years since I spend the day in a 
darkroom).

No contest.

Ernest Burden III