Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" 
<drjoe2@c...> wrote:
> My question is rather pedestrian.  However, can one achieve the 
> quality of black and white prints with only 3 black inks compared 
to 
> (at least MIS) 4 or 6 blacks for the C86/C88 and 1280 
respectively?  
> thanks
> 
> 
> Joe

Some would argue that you can do it with only 2 black inks. But I 
would also like to know what some of the pther members have tried.

What would be the optimal with only three black inks? 100%, 50%, and 
25%, or something different like 100%, 66%, and 33%.

To me it seems like full black is good until around 40-50 density, so 
if you mix in the half black starting at 40, and then have the light 
black (25% pigment to clear) start to mix in around 65-70 you should 
be able to get a fairly good (smooth) transition from 0 (zero or full 
black) to 100 (paper white).