Digital BW, The Print

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Thanks Antonis, and on that note...

Has anyone tried using hextone/quadtone inks from MIS (or anyone else) 
in the 2200?  MIS says they're waiting on the empty carts so refils are 
out, but I'm wondering if anyone homebrewed their own from some Epson 
empties, or has used hex/quad tones with a CIS in the 2200.  If you use 
quad/hex tones, is there a need for a RIP at that point?   I'm still not 
entirely sure of why it's so advantageous to have a RIP.  Is this 
basically just a raster replacement for lousy Epson drivers?  What else 
does a $500 (ImagePrint) RIP do for you besides add postscript?

I'm having sleight buyers remorse regarding the 2200, but the idea was 
to have a printer for both BW and color.  I'm sure I'll feel better once 
I start printing some slides.

Thanks!

Antonis Ricos wrote:

|>I'm particularly interested in how dithered the highlights are, and how
|>bad the metamerism is.  I've got some indoor/flash shots shot on 400
|>that look more grainy than normal, mostly just in the highlights.  Could
|>be film grain, but it doesn't look like it under the loupe.
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|Justin,
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|the 2200 only has one gray ink. No matter whose driver you use there 
will be
|more highlight dots than a full quad machine. For the ideal grayscale 
print,
|either you have to load an extra gray (or 2) in the 2200, or go to the 
other
|known quad inksets on older printers.  Much as the 2200 is very nice, 
if you
|need to take a loupe to your prints, you'll see those highlight dots.
|
|Antonis
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