Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Seth Rossman" 
<seth@m...> wrote:
> They do let you download a demo and try it.  Having both
> results in front of you seems to be valuable for what you
> are doing.

IP has a demo version?  I thought it was the other RIP (that Dan 
Staver was talking about that I ferget the name of) that has the demo 
version and prints a watermark on your prints that has the demo.   I 
though the deal with IP was that you can get your money back.  

Anyway, the problem with downloading and installing a whole RIP is 
that to get the best results with a RIP you should also install a 
profiler.  The cost and learning curve on those two tools (especially 
th IP RIP, which allegedly has a lousy UI) means you could end up 
spending a HUGE anount of time just learning the tool before you can 
do a fair evaluation of it.   What if I invest a lot of time and 
money and then find out it doesn't deliver the results?  It could be 
the tool's fault, or it could be my fault but I would have no way to 
tell.  It makes more sense to get a couple of sample prints - one 
grayscale, one color but predominantly black-and-white subject 
matter -  so I can tell what the tool can do in competent hands.
  
> =Any idea how well the IP RIP does with color prints that are 
> =predominantly black and white and shades of gray, as far as 
> =controlling metamerism on the 2200?