Digital BW, The Print

I tried it and had the same problems - I have the exact same setup as you (OSX, 1280, VM inks, etc).  I couldn't get the variable tones to work and there was a lot of dithering including the blacks, so the black was not dense enough.  

-Murph


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Bandes <byronbulb@y...>" <byronbulb@y...> wrote:
> This is so cool!
> 
> But is it just me or does the Gimp driver give _really_ cruddy dither patterns?
> 
> I might be doing something wrong, I'm not quite sure yet. Is anyone else using this yet?
> 
> I am on a 1280, 10.2.4, gimp 4.2.5, the latest ghostscript, PS 7.0.1, VM inks using the vms-neutral curve, premium glossy media setting, 1440 highest quality, adaptive dither, 2.0 density, blah blah blah
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington <roy@h...>" <roy@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Well, I guess I'll just jump into the frenzy and announce a
> > Quad Tone printing option for those running or wanting to
> > run Mac OS X.  Here's a few highlights:
> > 
> > 1) Its free.
> > 2) Its the simplest workflow.  Just print grayscales from 
> >    any program.  Interestingly similar idea as the new Cone 
> >    system, but no fancy icc profile calibration needed.
> > 3) Easily configurable to just about any inkset so you can
> >    buy anybody's ink or mix your own.  Its based on Photoshop
> >    CMYK curves that get installed into the printer drivers. 
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > It all installs from an ordinary disk image using OS X Installer.  
> > 
> > Here's the intro:
> > 
> > http://www.harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html
> > 
> > Here's the disk image:
> > 
> > http://www.harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.dmg.gz
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > I've done Curves for VM-Sepia Inks on my 1160 and here's a 
> > scan of the results:
> > 
> > http://www.harrington.com/sepiastep.jpg
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > Although I hadn't considered the 2200 initially, I think there's a
> > good chance that this system will be able to make great
> > neutral non-metameristic black and whites.  With individual 
> > control of CMYK, its possible to use mostly K which should
> > also use light K and just add a little C and M and no Y.
> > If anyone is interested in trying this idea let me know.
> > 
> > Happy Printing
> > 
> > Roy