Digital BW, The Print

> I also have a 1280, but that printer has color piggies loaded with
> the NMC CIS. I do so little color printing that I still can't get a
> decent color balance out of that printer. The quaslity is
> exceptional, but my skills in color correction are at best
> marginal. ;-(

Mike 

Is that a function of poor color correcting skills, or poor profiles?
Without a good printer profile you'll be banging your head against the wall
trying to get good prints.

Regarding other-than-Piezo RIPS/profiles for BW, I don't believe a RIP and
profiles will do the ink separations that are necessary for smooth, dot
free, BW printing. Have you considered how you will create your ink
separation curves?

I'm curious what has you go the RIP route as opposed to just using the Epson
driver, which has a pretty nice dither of it's own? Is it so you can script
CMYK separation curves, giving you better control over your blacks?

Just to be clear, I'm asking to learn, not suggesting I know anything you
don't. :-)

Todd