Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Mike,
> 
> >I'm a newbie to the forum and to digital printing...Just got 
> >an Epson r220 and the variable tone inkset from MIS...having great 
> >fun.
> 
> Welcome to the forum and glad you're off to a good start.
> 
> 
> >I can't see color dots in the latter prints, so I assume I'm still 
> >doing BO printing...
> 
> There may be a misunderstanding here.  If you're using the MIS R2 inks
> then there are no color inks, so you'll never see color dots.  R2 is a
> grayscale ink set, but that doesn't mean you are doing BO printing. 
> BO printing is done by checking the "Black Ink Only" box in the driver
> window.  This makes the printer use only the black ink and none of the
> others.  It's an entirely different way of printing.  So with your
> setup you're either doing 6-ink R2 printing or BO printing.
  
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>
A belated thanks, Clayton for your response. I think I understand things a little better now. 
If I could just ask two or so more questions.

I've refined my technique a little and I really love the warm-tone prints I get with BO and 
the variable tone inkset on EEM. In fact, I find it hard to get a cool tone no matter how 
much I adjust the sliders. But that doesn't bother me too much, because I can get a 
pleasing cool tone by printing a grayscale image with the driver's "color on" setting; that 
is, using the 6 R2 inks.

Is there anything inherently wrong with that? Am I essentially doing things the Clayton way 
on the one hand, and the Paul way on the other?

At any rate, thanks to Clatyon, Paul, and the rest you for the great public service you 
provide to new b&w inkjet printers.

Best,
Mike