Digital BW, The Print

Actually on the epson 1280, The mis inks only use two Black inks. The 
other three are not black, but slightly colored blacks, and a sepia 
color. For the "carbon" look, I am pretty sure that only the two 
"Black" inks are used, and they are pretty smooth. The "black inks" are 
really pretty brown, or "carbon" in color. To get a really neutral BW 
print, the slightly colored inks are mixed with the two "black" inks, 
to make neutral. So yes, three black inks should be fine, since that is 
one more black ink than MIS uses in the 1280. The new printers will 
still mix a small amount of color with the blacks to give them the 
cooler/warmer tones that you might want for diferent images.  That new 
system looks pretty cool. probably only a matter of time till they have 
a desktop version like the 1280 or 2200. Doug M
On May 11, 2005, at 8:33 AM, Joe 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
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>  Joe
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