Digital BW, The Print

Ernst,

>... I'm back to the Wasatch SoftRip for quad printing. ...
>The Eboni black in all the 4 curves is at least 1.85
>on PhotoRag, ...

Wow, maybe I ought to look into this RIP.  That's a fantastic dmax for matte
paper.

>...The dithering of the Wasatch isn't as good as
>Epson's or Gimp-print.

>...How on earth can you think in grey inks controlled by an
>RGB/CMYK colour driver like Epson with its hidden inklimits and
>black generation and do the steering by shifting RGB curves?

A warped mind comes in handy occasionally.

> The toner set could be stronger ...

That's what UT2 is probably going to be, or include with other changes.
It's more than just the saturation of the paper.  With a hextone printer I
can adjust the tones better, and some RC papers turn very warm in the
shadows. The toner may also get much more gray ink in it.  When I don't have
to worry about old quads, the need shifts from hiding the dots to other
issues.  The current UT ink densities were really just a result of history
and the need to be relatively compatible with the vm inkset.  So, a UT2 is
on the "to do" list.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com