Digital BW, The Print

Shilesh,

> ...
> On the 1280 (and presumably other newer printers...):  
>The tritone prints are just as smooth
> and dotless as the quad tone prints...

> The 1280 is a 6 color printer and so it is possible to load black + 2
> hues (say cool-seleniun AND warm-nuetral) of Dark Gray and Medium
> Gray.  

You've just described the UT2 and UT7 inksets.

>With this approach you have a
> redundant ink position which can be some sort of a toner, or used for
> full spectrum quadtone.

In the UT2 and UT7 this extra spot -- the yellow position -- is for the
sepia toner, with the option of a super light UT-FS-Y (really unnecessary),
Glop (good for some glossy papers) or whatever.

> For this option you would need to fill your
> own cartridges or create a custom loaded CIS unit.

Or just use the UT2 or UT7, the Epson driver, and the curves that are on my
web site of MIS's.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com