Digital BW, The Print

Mike,

>I've been gathering details of the UT-2 inkset and workflow in bits and 
>pieces, and I want to make sure I understand what I'm waiting for.

I have updated one of my web pages to give more detail.  
See http://home1.gte.net/res0a2zt/V-tone.html 

>I was just about to pull the trigger on the original UT inkset for my 
>1280, when I heard about the comparitive advantages of UT-2, so I've 
>been waiting eagerly for the new set to become available via MIS.

I hate to have people just waiting.  Why not buy a set of UT carts for the
1280.   I don't know when MIS will make the UT-2 inkset available.  Calling
them to ask for it might help push them. 

>Is it true that the UT-2 inkset will allow me to skip Step 2 in the 
>Roark workflow (Load and apply the desired Image Adjustment Curve)?

For the middle range of tones -- traditional silver-print tones -- you can
print from grayscale files and use the driver sliders to control the tones.

For the more extreme tones, including carbon and sepia, RGB curves will be
needed.  I have some samples on the web page.

The system seems to print reasonably well on all the papers I've tried.
Between driver paper settings and the sliders, you'll have a lot of ability
to get the results you want on most papers.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com