Digital BW, The Print

> From what I've read in the various forums the Epson RIP produces a 
> warm B&W print as it seems to only use the black and light black 
> inks. There are also no toning options as far I can see from the 

I thought it did some toning, but had a slightly warm tone? I haven't
actually seen a print from this RIP, so I'm not 100% sure. If that's the
case I wouldn't consider it usable. The two blacks alone are far too
warm for my taste. I get good prints with the two blacks only with Eboni
in the black position and a mixture of 30% Eboni and Epson Clear Base in
the light black position though. More dithering in the highlights than
full hextones, but much better than BO, and perfectly neutral.

> various postings. The Ultratones will probably be the way for me when 
> MIS bring out the virgin 2100 carts. I'd prefer a system with B&W 
> from the colour inks, though, as I do a fair amount of colour as well.

I have no problem switching between color and BW inksets with my current
setup. You don't need to run cleaning cartridges or anything. At worst
1/3 page of purge pattern will do.
 
> As I said, the metamerism with the PermaJet is remarkably small and 
> combined with the smoothness of the Epson dither (at 1440) is proving 
> the best for me at the moment. But I know it could be better - and 
> when you know that, you are never satisfied.

Fully agreed! I really want the best my printer can give me, which is
why I spend som much time experimenting with all these different
solutions.

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no