Digital BW, The Print

After having used UT7 inkset for a long while I tried some prints with 
QTR and the the MIS Archival 7600 inkset in my 2100. This inkset is 
MIS's version of the Ultrachrome inkset, so results will be very similar.

Overall I would say both are very good, but that prints from the UT7 
inkset has smoother midtones and especially highlights due to the 
additional lighter black inks. Even with the paper at arms lenght away 
from your face you can see a little more texture in the Ultrachrome prints.

For ultimate quality I think you might prefer the UT7 inkset. On the 
other hand, using QTR will still get you 96% of the way there if you do 
both color and BW printing and want to use one inkset. Not a bad 
compromise at all.

Also, using QTR with the UT7 inkset will allow you even finer control 
than the curves on just how warm/cool you want the prints to appear and 
just which inks you want to use. You could do some of the same fine 
tuning with the slider controls in the driver, but unless I'm mistaken 
that would be at the expense of adding some additional toner to the 
print which could shorten its lifetime.

Of course, Paul has done a remarkable job with the Epson driver, so you 
might not find using anything else neccessary, but at least the option 
is there if you need it.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

> 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?