Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Eric Ashworth
<brigsby707@c...> wrote:
> I was just printing out some BO prints and was thinking about how  
> Clayton had mentioned getting banding.  Which got me thinking about  
> Paul's theory that if the printers are running on only one channel,  
> it's just asking for problems.  So, it occurred to me, why not load  
> all the channels with Eboni or split them up for 2K work, then  
> linearize the output with QTR or IJC/OPM by mirroring the curves for  
> the duplicated channels.  It seems to me that this might be an  
> interesting way to get around the inherent weaknesses of printing  
> with only one head.
> 
> Right now, I'm not really in a position to try it out, but thought I  
> would mention it in case anyone might want to try it.

Why not load half the carts with black, and half with diluted black
(you may have to tint the diluted black to get neutrality). Set it up
with QTR, and you'll have a machine that has better tonality than just
BO, runs for ages without a reload, and when you do need to reload,
all the blacks will be running out at about the same time, so reload
them all.