Digital BW, The Print

Excellent. . .  now I understand where you're coming from. 

To confirm, the configuration for a 2200 would include a standard MIS
Pro colour inkset but with the UT-3D LK substituting for the Pro LK.
Ebony and/or Photo Black would be used as appropriate based on the
media (I assume that w/o the UT-3D LLK that PK would be needed for
glossy).

The benefit to this config is minimal colour pigment since the K and
LK are near-neutral (no need to neutralize). Toning can still occur as
would normally be done within a RIP like Quadtone, although if warming
most prints became the norm it would likely mean the Pro LK was a
better choice.

Do I have all this straight?

My other option would be to use the full UT-3D set for B&W and the MIS
Pro inks for colour. This would be optimal from a results perspective,
but would be inconvenient and waste ink. However, is there enough
benefit to this approach to warrant considering it?

Thanks,

Terry.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Terry,
> 
> > I print both B&W and colour from a single printer, and 
> > was intrigued by your comments below. 
> 
> >Are you suggesting there is enough colour content in the
> >UT-3D inks to do a colour print comparable to Epson K2? 
> 
> No, the UT-3D inkset cannot print color.  It's a B&W inkset.
> 
> What I've tried to do is get a couple birds with one stone.  The
UT-3D LK
> and LLK inks are blended B&W inks that are relatively neutral.  They
plus an
> appropriate black ink can make a good B&W by themselves -- like a
neutral
> monotone B&W inkset, which they are.  As such, with a rip you can
print a
> pure or mostly blended B&W with a k2 or k3 printer and avoid the
color dots.
> 
> 
> I'm assuming many will leave the color inks in the k2 and k3
printers for
> the obvious full color printing advantage.  So, the "core" LK and
LLK in the
> UT-3D have a dual purpose -- be used in that inkset and also be used by
> color + B&W printers to replace the warm Lk and LLK inks that are
usually
> used.  These warm carbon LK and LLK require color dots.  These are
what I
> want to get rid of or reduce in significance.
> 
> So, it'll take a rip for B&W, and it'll take some custom profiling for
> color, but the UT-3D LK and LLK plus the MIS Pro (or maybe even the OEM)
> color inks may result in a system that can get close to having the
best of
> both worlds.  We'll see.
> 
> Don't try to print color with the full UT-3D inkset.  It is definitely a
> dedicated B&W inkset with a tiny gamut.
> 
> If you give this a try, let me know how it works.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com