Digital BW, The Print

on 12/12/01 9:31 AM, mkravit wrote:

> I must be getting old, sorry I dont think I was clear....
> 
> You can print from
> 
> 1. A grayscale mode file
> 2. A desaturated RGB file
> 3. A color RGB file
> 4. A color cmyk file
> 
> All these can be printed with the selected ink profile of your choice
> which includes Quadtones or RGB color.

You're doing a great job, very thorough!

I have one more question to you, then one to the crowd.

Have you tried printing a monochrome image (via any of the above 4 methods)
through color inks? If so, how's the neutrality across the scale? How does
it compare to your FS print overall? Same dither, etc. Anything stand out as
better or worse?

This next question is more to others who fade test. Has anyone printed BW
images with color pigments and done fade comparison tests against the MIS or
Piezo Carbon Quads?

With all this talk about different hued inksets, it sure would be great to
just print with color pigments and get our hues, and longevity too, out of
one printer. Between the cost of additional printers, CISs, inks, etc. that
would compensate for the cost of a good RIP with included profiles.

Do we know the carbon pigments in fact last longer than color pigments? Even
the lighter dilutions of the Carbon pigs?

Todd