Digital BW, The Print

Getting very nice results with grayscale using ERIP conventionally on 
EEM with negligible metamerism. And I mean really good results -- 
vitually as good as dedicated black/grey inksets. Downside is I can't 
get an acceptable toned print yet (see below).

Tricked the RIP into printing Matte Black UC at 2880x1440 dpi on EEM 
and got unsatisfactory results (grayscale gradient not linear). Need 
to figure out why.

Tried printing a duotone image in an attempt to get a toned print and 
preliminary results were unacceptable. It might be how I'm inputting 
my profile into the RIP, but who knows since the documentation is so 
lacking. Epson needs to put a decent manual on their site for 
download -- sure would save a lot of trial and error time (and money).

I have a feeling metamerism will rear its ugly head when printing a 
toned image since metamerism is a function of the ink. The IP5 
tintpicker avoids this, evidently, by not using certain inks -- I 
don't think the ERIP does that, but we'll see.