Digital BW, The Print

Steven, I am trying to do exactly what you are.  I have found I like
one of Paul's curves for the VMS inks for the 1290. It is
"vms1290-gs1" and it's not one the curves that makes the color go all
whacked out.  It appears to be more of a general balanced lightening
overall.  I am on a MAC but would assume it would work on a PC since
it is claimed to be cross platform.  

When I go to print with preview in PS7 I set the source color space as
Adobe98 and the output as Same as Source.  When the next window
appears I go into the advanced menu and select No Color Adjustment. 
Of couse all other settings are as would be appropriate (Archival
Matte as paper type, Color on, High speed off, etc.). On good full
range images it gives a nice uniform warm grey on EEM.  Nice
gradations too.  I did find, however on a dull and flattish image
(which I want that way on purpose) there were some flat spots and lost
detail in transitions from dark to mid tone grey.  I'm thinking the
curve may not be appropriate for such low key images. Also, I'm
wondering if some of these problems could be due to the infamous
driver update that was
released to reduce metamerism in 2002.  I noticed that my outputs got
a lot grainier after that update and am going to try installing the
old driver to see what effect that has.  I haven't given up yet on
this old dog as it's a great device in general and was made for
pigmented inks in the first place.  Good luck to you.

Jeff


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
"wayfaringpilgrim" <steverinojohnson@m...> wrote:
> Has anyone developed a solid Epson 2000P and Ultratone ink workflow?
I've tried to 
> adapting Paul Roark's 1280 curves and have even tried creating
custom QuadToneRip 
> curves ... but have remained dissatisfied with the results. Anyone
having success with 
> this combination? Should I just give up and by a 1280?
> 
> Steven D. Johnson