Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> Good report Mike. Sure sounds nice.
> 
> Hope you don't mind if I throw a few questions at you.

Not at all, fire away.

> Are you saying that the RIP comes with profiles for quadtone 
(Hextone?)printing from both grayscale and RGB mode? I assume you are 
using it with piezo inks for grayscale printing, not color inks?

Yes, in the setup section you select your ink set from a list that 
includes Cone and Lyson Quadtones as well as other color pigment and 
dye sets.

I loaded up the MIS FS Quads to run the test.
 
> Are ink separation curves required?

No, you print just like you do with the Piezo driver, except that 
after saving the file in Photoshop you then open ImagePrint and run 
it from there. BTW, Imageprint has a full set of adjustment tools 
such as histograms, curve adjustments, etc.
 
> Do you get dots in highlights?

Nope, no dots at all. The dither is like a tight herringbone or 
basketweave type pattern. Not visible to my eye without at least a 4x 
loupe.
 
> Do you like it's dither better than the Epson driver?

Yes, I do. it results in very smooth tonal gradations. 

> Is it Mac compatible?

I think that there either is a Mac version or one is about to be 
released. You may want to check their website.

Mike