Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Joost,
> 
> >Putting everything together it sounds to me a good setup would be:
> >* K-position: on-demand manual switch between eboni & photo black 
> >* C&LC-postion: R2 Neutral gray shades
> >* M&LM-position: R2 Warm gray shades
> >* Y position: on-demand manual switch between one of the sepia 
toners 
> >and the UT-7 cool toner
> 
> That's close to the standard UT7 and UT2.  For those I just used 
the cool
> toner in one channel instead of the R2 neutral so that there'd be 
more range
> on the cool side. Then I could just leave the sepia in the Y 
position. 

Thanks Paul,

I re-read your descriptions of the UT2 and UT7 inksets and I see 
what you mean. Now I realize I might have had only a partial 
understanding of the concept of a "toner". Now I think I understand 
it is mainly a matter of semantics whether one calls a substance 
a "toned ink" or a "toner". I guess the latter has a bit more 
pigments (other than carbon) than the former but there is no real 
hard boundary.

I'll follow your suggestion. In view of a possible future B&W 
transformation of my Epson2100, I guess it makes sense to go for the 
UT7 set without the Light Black. Plus an additional cartridge Photo 
Black to be manually exchanged with the Eboni Black for occasional 
glossy prints. 

Thanks again.
 
Joost