Digital BW, The Print

> ... everywhere you see Epson K3 clones popping up. With QTR +
> the 3000 and PK + MK + LK +LLK of the K3 sets it should be
> possible to make a universal gloss + matte quad printer. At
> the edge of coarse results though.
> 

Yes, perhaps over the edge of coarseness. 

I think the 3000 needs the MK plus 3 shades of gray to be reasonably smooth.
Many of us used the Cone PiezoBW, or MIS UT-FS or UT-FSN inks with these
printers with good results.  All of these have the same densities, including
a light gray that is considerably lighter than the k3 LLK.

I would not consider the 3000 to be a good glossy printer in any case.  So I
would not bother with the PK.

With the MIS UT-FS or FSN inks I and others have Photoshop image adjustment
curves available that partition the inks, old PiezoBW software is probably
still around that can do the job, and I assume QTR also supports the
printer, which was a good old workhorse.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com