Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Campbell" 
<bellis60@v...> wrote:
> >I'm about to take delivery of my first MIS inks (UT7).  If, Roy, 
you
> >can soon provide some curves for that inkset too then I'll be in
> >printer's heaven.
> 
> I'll reveal my ignorance here. I'm not familiar with UT7, I've 
been using
> and happy with MIS VM for several years so I haven't seen a need 
to change
> to UT7, but why do you want to use Roy's RIP with UT7 inks? I 
thought the
> principal reason for having that RIP was to be able to use the 
Epson color
> inks for B&W printing. If you have quadtones, and have the MIS 
curves, what
> does the RIP do for you?
> 

My impatience with Ultrachrome for B&W led me to order UT7.  Two 
days later Roy released QTR for Windows.  My timing wasn't perfect!  
However, I'm keen to see the difference and see where my preference 
lies.  If I get the choice of UT7 with QTR then that's even more 
choice?

Steve Gledhill
www.virtuallygrey.co.uk