Digital BW, The Print

Hi there,

I'm wondering if anyone here has printed using MIS' variable tone
inks on the C86?  I just ordered the C86 and am also waiting for some
of MIS' EZN ink for starting up.  Nevertheless, I'm curious if anyone
here has had any experience with the variable tone (UT2?) inks.  More
specifically, is it worth printing with the variable tone set, since -
according to some earlier posts -
there are no RIPs that are compatible (yet?) with the C86 and that
printing without one may be too difficult to produce (really) good
results. 
It would be nice to have the option of eventually stepping up to the
UT2 set though, if decent prints can be made without the extra help of
a RIP.

Thanks,
Jens