Digital BW, The Print

I see what you're saying, but I can't help thinking that the septone 
approach is the most appropriate one when you want a range of cool to 
warm tones and minimal dot throughout the scale. More than anything 
I'd like to know what the options are before I make what will be a 
fairly big investment in time and effort to whatever system I end up 
with. But returning to the question, is the Sundance system the only 
game in town??

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Staver" 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> I'm not sure if the septone approach makes any practical difference 
to
> the UT7 way of doing it. Both are basically mixing warm and cool 
inks to
> achieve the tones you want. 
> 
> The one theoretical advantage I could see with the septones is that 
is
> has a dedicated driver for the inkset and profiles for a wide 
variety of
> papers. I haven't seen any reports about the quality of this driver 
so I
> have no idea how well it actually works.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no
> 
> > I'm interested to know what options exist for a full septone 
inkset 
> > for printers with seven or more inks. I'm talking about inksets 
that 
> > contain black plus cool and warm grey sets (three tones each) not 
> > inksets such as UT7 that use different combinations of grey 
levels 
> > and toners. If I understand correctly, Sundance Septone is one 
> > candidate, although Clayton's torture test doesn't bode 
particularly 
> > well for its fade-resistance. Are there any others?