Digital BW, The Print

Dave,

since you are already using OPM under OS 9 you would have some interesting choices 
if you also used IJC and made your own profiles.

Some of the reasons to use UT inks:

- can be available in bulk if you need a CFS
- you can selectively use a UT gray of your choice to replace just a single color 
position in the UC lineup. Useful if you like everything else but object to slight 
dottiness in places where black begins, for example. Also makes it easier to restore 
the printer back to color.
- A cool toner (of the UT set) available in 2 dilutions is more manageable dot-wise 
than using pure cyan and magenta from the original inks (unless of course you like 
your prints the original color of UC/UT black and grays).

Reasons to keep (some of) the UC inks:

- You can push to even warmer tones by using magenta and yellow. This is less trivial 
than it seems - I have made prints using extreme sepia profiles that I liked a lot.


The nice thing about the 2200 is you can mix and match. One caveat, though: while 
the Epson OEM carts have a proprietary valve that allows them to be removed and 
replaced without damage, the aftermarket ones don't. If you remove them before they 
are empty you pretty much give up on using the remaining ink.


As for which inkset produces the deepest black and on what papers, I don't have my 
own data, but I doubt there will be a significant difference. I know Paul has done the 
homework; you may search the archives for that. Just keep in mind that IJC would give 
you ways to maximize the capabilities of the black ink by allowing you to minimize 
what other inks may also hit the deep black end of the scale.  

Antonis


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dave08g" <dave08g@y...> 
wrote:
> I am presently printing B/W images on Mac OS9.2, Open Printmaker, 
> Epson 2200 and Epson UC inks.  
> 
> Are there any advantages to converting to MIS Ultratone inks?