Digital BW, The Print

On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 06:27  AM, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
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>
> Now I'm further confused.  Aren't the B&W inks just ordinary 
> cartridges that
> replace the standard B&W and color cartridges?

Yes, they come in cartridges as well as bottles for Continuous Feed 
Systems.

To print neutral prints using color inks many use RIP's to avoid color 
crossover and metamerism, others use custom profiles...

To print using quad ink sets you can go with Cone's new profile based 
system which will be available soon for his assortment of piezotones, 
or use a RIP with quad ink sets, or a custom partitioned workflow with 
Cone's or MIS's inks or other quad ink sets...

>
> I prefer to dedicate the printer.  I already have a 2000P for color 
> photos,
> and it produces so-so black and white.  I'd like something better, 
> though
> (without having to spend $100 a pop for B&W prints from a pro lab).

I've noticed a few threads concerning this question this year, perhaps 
you could find them in the archives. Here is one subject header, good 
thoughts on this thread, "How to Make the Best B&W Prints on a 1280"...

two quad ink links:
http://www.piezography.com
http://www.inksupply.com/

the piezo list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/piezography3000/

I use the 1160 with piezo (carbon sepia inks are my current favorite) 
right now.
Carolyn