Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mike_nunan" 
<mike_nunan@h...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a query for Roy and/or Paul, regarding the differences 
> between the two variants of the UT7 inkset listed on MIS's website. 
> These are described as the "Bowhaus Configuration", sold for use with 
> QTR and IJC, and "Roark Configuration", sold for use with the Epson 
> driver and Paul's curves. I'm intrigued that there are two inksets 
> that are nearly, but not quite, the same. I know that one of Paul's 
> goals was to create an "Easy B&W" inkset, and presumably that meant 
> that the ink tones have to be made to fit in with the Epson driver's 
> expectations. Is that what created the need for two separate sets? 
> Roy, how hard would it be to use QTR with the "Roark Config" inks?
> 
> TIA
> 
> -= mike =-

Having two ink sets for the same basic idea is complicated.

Although I know the general idea of the new UT7 inks, I haven't
used or even seen them yet.  Certainly the major reason for this
new set is to be able to use the ordinary Epson driver and get some
variable tone control.   The seventh ink, light black, turns out to
make the Epson driver and its profiles quite complicated.  I think that
this in turn makes the ink set fairly Epson driver oriented.
Whether this is a problem or not I don't know, but it may make the
QTR profiles a little more difficult trying to mimic the Epson driver.

The other inkset is probably a simpler set if you are using QTR,
but of course then you must use it -- there's no Easy B&W workflow.

Roy