Digital BW, The Print

As I've mentioned, I'm deciding on my digital switch-over, and I am 
fairly new to the subject of RIPs, though, as I said, I have a demo 
copy of StudioPrint waiting for when I get my printer.  Sounds like 
it's something I may want to at least try, since trying it out is 
free.  I wasn't really thinking of RIPs as being usable with 3rd 
party inks, but, as yet, I'm not very familiar with the Cone inks and 
everything that accompany them.  I assume that they can be used with 
StudioPrint due to the profiles you mentioned, correct?  Having just 
gotten a handle on calibration and profiling in regard to color 
management, I'm totally ignorant on how this relates to B&W.  I 
wasn't aware that profiles could be done for B&W printing, but, like 
I said, this is unknown territory for me.  I suppose I should spend 
some time and look into the Cone system also.

Well, it's definitely seeming that B&W digital is very much like B&W 
from the (wet) darkroom in the sense that it may look like a simple 
process on the surface yet is a complex task to accomplish with 
finesse.

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
<tyler@t...> wrote:
> I have to counter this in every way, for quads StudioPrint is
> spectacular. I'm using it with a 9600 and Cone inks. None of the
> settings you mention below are correct, so it's no wonder you had
> disapointing results. Ultra Micro is only relevent to 2880 printing,
> the variable settings are not used for quads. Stochastic screening 
is
> amazing.
> I briefly printed some color things while waiting for quad carts 
with
> the supplied environments and profiles, also excellent, with special
> Epson screening available for the special 7600 and 9600 drivers for 
color.
> My results are very different from yours, it's a complex piece of
> software and settings need to be nailed down. Ergosoft people are 
very
> accesable to help with all of this as well.
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter 
Baumbach"
> <info@p...> wrote:
> > Mike,
> > 
> > I have an opinion of it: forget StudioPrint ! 
> > 
> > I tested StudioPrint for a while and wasted tons of ink and 
papers 
> > with my new 7600. The "variable1" or "variable2" dot size 
settings 
> > seem responsible for a periodical vertical pattern that appears 
in 
> > dark areas like skies. The "ultra micro" dot size setting in 
> > combonation with 1440 dpi simply does not print correctly and 
shifts 
> > every new line a bit more. If you print color ramps you will 
easily 
> > see that the screening is much worse than with the Epson driver. 
> > 
> > For me the smoothness of tones and the screening of a Rip are of 
> > utmost importance. In both aspects StudioPrint is worse than the 
> > Epson driver and much worse than ImagePrint.
> > 
> > My 2 euro cents.
> > Peter
> > 
> > peter baumbach - fine art photography
> > http://www.pb-photo.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mike 
Botelho" 
> > <mfractl@h...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > As most of you are probably aware of by now, I'm deciding on my 
> > > printer/ink choices for my switch to digital.  On the subject 
of 
> > > RIPs, someone offered me a demo of ErgoSoft's StudioPrint RIP a 
> > short 
> > > time ago, so I have a copy of that sitting around for when I 
get a 
> > > printer, if it's compatible with my choices.  It's actually a 
fully 
> > > functional demo for 30 days, so I thought it'd be nice to try.  
So, 
> > I 
> > > was wondering if anyone had tried StudioPrint, demo or 
otherwise, 
> > and 
> > > had any opinion of it?
> > > 
> > > Mike