Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla
<E.Dinkla@c...> wrote
...
> This isn't to argue about the quality of the B&W possible with the RIPs 
> and the Ultrachrome inkset but I'm interested whether the two blacks
are 
> both used in the 4000 for matte printing with mentioned RIPs.

If both K tanks can not be used at the same time and assigned at will,
than my previous post about StudioPrint is out the window unless
sticking with 7 tanks at any given time.
To those suggesting IJC, I have no doubt you are happy with it's
output. However, the poster asked about a specific ink setup, C, M, Y,
and a 4 part quad K. This is just 7 inks by the way. While IJC and QTR
would do many great things for mono output with this setup, he would
be stranded for color. Certainly the Epson driver will no longer with
this custom ink arrangement.
There may be several good RIPs that will handle this, StudioPrint is
simply the one I with which I am familiar. He needs to be able to
assign any tank to C, M, Y, K, AND have the K be partitioned.
Additionally, if all tanks were assignable, a 3 part black and full
color capability is doable as Ernst implies. Seems like the better way
to go. Color output would not be compromised, and tri-tone mono output
would probably look quite nice, tintable too.
Being able to use all 8 tanks is the key, I didn't know one couldn't.
Tyler