Digital BW, The Print

Hi!

I just made a direct comparison of B0 printing using MIS Generations 4
black. File was RGB. Curve was Paul's neutral. PRINTER DPI was 1440.
Paper: Aspen Dual Sided Matte.  FILE size is 790 DPI, printed to 10
inches wide, at 790 DPI. (Image is sized for a 20 Inch print at about
360 DPI, but left at the large file size for the smaller print). Printer
is 1280, with VM inks and a CIS.

Results:

Black ink Only: 

Excellent quality print, VERY deep black, Full gray scale print. VERY fine
dots apparent to me from about 4 inches to 2 inches. More than 4 inches,
they were invisible.


MIS VM inks using Generations 4 in the black position:

Excellent quality print, almost identical to the Black Only print.
No dots that I can see with my naked eye, at any distance.
Sharpness is about the same.
Blacks nearly identical. Perhaps 2 % darker with Black ink only. 

If the very fine dots don't bother you, either print is top notch. 
Tonal range is identical in both prints.

Jerry