Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danielstaver 
<daniel@p...>" <daniel@p...> wrote:
> PowerRIP doesn't make any more fantastic prints than the regular 
Epson
> driver, in fact the dithering is slightly more coarse so staying 
with
> the Epson driver would have been preferrable. 

So you dont't think that I need PowerRip when using the MIS Hextone 
Inks and one of the workflows that come with the inks? 

> The best settings on my 2100 are to use 'Postscript color management

> when printing from photoshop and setting 2880dpi and Archival Matte
> paper with matte black ink (assuming you're using that combination) 
in
> the driver. 

So the workflow would be the following: Scan the B/W-Negative as 16-
bit RGB, make the adjustments in PS and then print it in Photoshop 
(as 8 or 16 bit?) with "PowerRIP Stylus Photo 1280" (or PowerRIP 
PDF?). When I go to "properties" (I hope this is the english word for 
the options you can change before printing the picture) there are 
several options like Color Control, Halftoning, Color Control and 
Postscript output Format. Can you suggest me the settings for these 
options? 

Other than that I make no special adjustments. I made a
> curve that I find useful for matching a 21 step wedge to a reference
> card, but for real pictures I usually don't use it.
> 
> The MIS inks will probably give you the best prints though.

So PowerRIP works with the MIS Hextone inks and will give better 
results than one of the Workflows on the MIS homepage? 
Sorry for the Newbie-Questions!
Regards

Peter