Digital BW, The Print

Paul: thanks, as always, for the response.  I'm one of the hungry 
masses clamouring for the UT inkset for the 9600 -- glad to hear that 
at least your impression is that highlight roughness isn't 
troublesome. Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything in my 
analysis of available options....

I'm not sure if this was a real question, or just rhetorical in 
response to my question, but you asked: "Does the current IP allow 
cold to sepia range in B&W mode?"  The answer is "kinda."  I mean, 
with the Tint Picker in IP, I can indeed get a tone anywhere from 
cold to deep sepia.  The reason I say "kinda" is b/c it's definitely 
not a precise science and a lot of playing around w. the Tint Picker 
is need to get the traditional sepia and cold tones.  (On the other 
hand, once you get them you just write down the corresponding nubmers 
and re-enter them the next time you want that tone.)  Allegedly, IP 6 
(due out soon) will allow some sort of "colorized" B&W option, 
whereby you can print a grayscale image containing some color, and IP 
will apply the gray profiles only to the grayscale portions of the 
image, thereby keeping that portion neutral and non-colorshifting.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> >...one complaint users of ImagePrint have (other 
> >than cost) is "doti-ness" in the highlights.  
> 
> >... should we expect similar perceived dotiness in the highlights 
> >using the UT7 inkset (when it becomes available) as people 
complain 
> >about with ImagePrint?
> 
> The UT7 inkset will have the same density light inks as the UT2.  
These are
> lighter than the UC light black ink.  I don't find highlight 
roughness to be
> a problem with the inksets.
> 
> >And if so, what would be the advantage of this dedicated B&W 
inkset 
> >over IP?  (Yes, IP costs a lot, but that 
> >cost differential disappears when you take into account that you 
have 
> >to buy a separate printer for B&W to use any grayscale inkset).
> 
> I think cost is still an issue.  The MIS inks are cheaper than 
Epson inks.
> 
> >Both can print on glossy or matte;
> 
> IP can't print on both glossy and matte without changing the black 
ink; UT2
> & UT7 can.  This allows the UT2 & UT7 printers to have continuous 
flow
> systems, extremely cheap bulk ink, and still have both paper types
> available.
> 
> > both can tone B&W; both can produce neutral B&W prints.
> 
> Does the current IP allow cold to sepia range in B&W mode?
> 
> I suppose I'd like a printer that could to it all -- great B&W and 
color on
> all media without changing the black ink.  I expect it will be here
> eventually, but I'll stick with the dedicated B&W for now. 
> 
> Frankly, I was surprised how many people seemed to be clamoring for 
a UT2
> version for the 2200, 7600, & 9600.  I rather assumed the savings 
of the
> 1280 would make it the printer of choice for the desktop, but the 
feedback
> at the PMA was not that direction at all.  For the large format 
printers the
> ability to avoid ink changing seems, understandably, to be the 
primary
> source of demand for the UT7.
> 
> Then again there may be some B&W purists like me who want to avoid 
the
> distraction of even having color ink available.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/