Digital BW, The Print

> > Lyson is currently working on how best to take 
> > advantage of the 6-, 7- and 8- position printers to offer sets that
> can shift from 
> > neutral to either warm or cool. 
> 
> I hope they don't work too hard, most of us already know how to do
> that <G>.
> 
> All very exciting Antonis, thanks for the news.
> Tyler


Tyler,

fitting different hues into the ink positions of various printers, is made more
 complicated because of chipped carts and the need to manage inventory efficiently
 without too many part numbers. They are trying to offer a basic neutral set
 in 3 or 4  positions and then a cool or a warm set in another 1, 2, or 3 posiitons. All
 3 would share the same black. 
So, for example, an end user with a 7-position printer may end up with 1 black, 3
 neutral grays and 3 warm grays. One with an 8-position printer may have the option
 of 1 black, 3 neutral grays, 2 cool grays and 2 warm grays. The latter would probably
 be the best of both worlds - but obviously we are not there yet. Another
 complication is that older printers will need more positions than newer ones to fill
 out the middle part of the grayscale without visible dots.

Either way, it will all work fine with StudioPrint which I believe deals with mixing
 fixed-hue sets better than spreading toners across the scale. (if that's what you
 meant by "most of us know how to do that" !).

And thanks for the cautious but supportive response, too. <g>

Antonis