Digital BW, The Print

I just got everything configured and made my first print using this program.  I 
want to look at it a lot more and in daylight, so take my preliminary words with 
a big grain of salt.

By way of background, I have tried B&W printing on my 2200 using 5 different 
methods/programs thus far.  In order of my personal preference, I rank them 
below (best to worst):

(1) ImagePrint 5
(2) QuadTone RIP 1.1 (using Carl Scholfield's neutral curve)
(3) Normal epson driver, using Postcript Color Management + Color Controls: 
Photorealistic method (Carl Schofield (sorry for misspelling your name))
(4) Epson 2200 RIP
(5) Normal Epson driver, using paper profile + no color adjustment mode

To return to QuadTone RIP:  I'm looking at a print of the same image printed 
using QuadTone RIP and ImagePrint.  The IP print looks "richer" and more 
"neutral."  It's hard to explain, and perhaps part of the difference is that the IP 
one is on Epson Velvet and the QuadTone RIP one is on Enhanced Matte.  
But even so, the IP print appears to be a more neutral grayscale to me.  The 
QuadTone print seems to tend every so slightly toward a greenish-gray.  I do 
mean slightly -- perhaps the best way to describe the difference is the 
difference between what Ilford fiber paper looks like with selenium toning and 
without it (with the IP print looking more like a selenium toned fiber print).  

The thing is,  this is probably just a personal preference thing.  AND you can 
create your own ink curves for QuadTone (you can -- it's way above my head, 
so I haven't even tried), so you could probably adjust it to suit your personal 
preference of what neutral should look like.  AND neither print shows color 
shift under different light (tungsten and halogen so far).

Given that QuadTone costs $500 less than IP, I think the choice is pretty easy.  
I commend Roy for this program and hope it only gets better.