Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Thanks for the information on the inks.

I just got my R2400 and I need to decide what inks and BW printing
procedure to use after I use up the original Epson carts.  I plan to
use spongeless carts and MIS inks.

I think I'd prefer to use either your UT-3D procedure or Roy's QTR
with MIS K4 inks.  I think I'll pass on the Epson ABW mode, since I
want a little more control of the process.  

I downloaded the trial version of QTR and I've played around with it a
bit.  I see that I can turn the yellow ink off with QTR. I doubt that
I will ever want to print anything warmer than I can get with pure carbon.

I also have PrintFixPro, so I can measure the Lab values from a
21-step gray scale print to profile and linearize various QTR settings
for different inks and papers.  (I've already practiced this with my
Epson K3 inks).

I've also read over all of your material on the UT-3D procedure. 

Now for a few questions:

What are the major differences/advantages/disadvantages between using
QTR with K4 inks versus UT-3D inks?

Will Roy be adding the possibility of using UT-3D inks for his QTR?

Is the UT-3D ink set now in a finialized form?  I saw messages that
there were some problems or changes with different batches from MIS.

Is it possible to do soft-proofing using QTR? 

I assume that it's possible to do soft-proofing with your UT-3D
procedure, since it is color managed. I've never done any
soft-proofing, but since I have PFP, I hope that it won't be too
complicated.

Thanks again,

Roger