Digital BW, The Print

This would be useful if the black only setting produced a black only 
output. With Epson ink, it does not it has a decidedly warm cast and 
is quite grainy as well.

For most it is not a solution and to state it again to get good 
results requires using solutions that one way or another blend it 
the color inks.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> I think you will find that with the MK cartridge installed, 
selecting Black
> instead of colour in the Ink setting will achieve a "Black Only 
workflow"
> and that only the MK cartridge is used.  (NCA is not relevant to 
this
> discussion.) This is not the case with the PK cartridge, contrary 
to the
> behaviour of the 2200 driver which will again only use the PK 
cartridge when
> Black is selected.
> 
> However, getting back to the point at hand, I just retested my OS-
X 2100
> driver - I have an MIS CFS installed with an MK chip for the black 
slot
> (with Eboni ink).  I can select 2880dpi for Archival Matt paper.  
I am not
> sure whether this is because of the MIS chip but would be 
surprised if that
> were the case.  I am using the latest driver from Epson UK's Tech 
Support
> page.
> 
> 
> > From: johnglodge <john.lodge@s...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:10:02 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2100 - EAM at 2880dpi?
> > 
> > Well actually you will not get black with black only; there is a
> > colour caste in the blacks.
> > 
> > Black as printed in NCA is printed in 3 parts
> > --the darkest by black
> > --mid by light black
> > --the highlights by CYM
> > 
> > all have different hues.
> > 
> > The grey line R=G=B is not grey and the actual grey trajectory
> > twists around the grey line.
> > 
> > I understand it is much better with the 4000.
> > 
> > This makes good black really hard and makes colour not that easy
> > either.
> > 
> > What looks like metamerism is actually slighly off colours that 
are
> > accentuated in different light.
> > 
> > QTR does a really good job of black and white and does so by 
using
> > colours with the blacks if you read the profile documentation
> > carefully.
> > 
> > Or in other words the sloppyness goes far beyond what you 
imagine.
> > 
> > If you want to see more, internet search on "color warbles" to 
find
> > for an interesting article by Bill Atkinson.
> >