Digital BW, The Print

Thanks CD for your insightful contribution.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@a... wrote:
> That, in conjunction with relinearizing the printer for that media
> category (even if its name is totally unrelated to the paper 
> type involved) with that media, will get you to a point quite 
> similar to what RIP controls offer.

Unfortunately I only linearize the printer using their own premium
plus papers. I wish they had custom media types so you calibrate using
say Costco Kirkland glossy media without messing up the calibration
for HP PP glossy paper. Therefore my need to use a RIP for non-HP papers.

> One solution is to simply buy a new set of heads to go with your 
> specialty inkset. This assures clean heads and no ink conflicts; but
> it also means you can swap out between inks (say, your color set, 
> and your black and white set) smoothly, at will.

My Designjet 30 has a built-in CIS so residual ink in the tubings may
still cause a problem if the inks are in fact incompatible. So if you
need to flush out old ink in the plumbing you might as well flush it
out of the heads. I'd say it will be a major hassle in switching
inksets in my printer.

Thanks,
--nick