Digital BW, The Print

Greg,

>Don't forget that you can use all 4 blacks when printing 
>on matte paper.

Yes, that is what I do.

> To smooth out the highlights, skip the medium black, and use llb 
>and a mix of llb+glop for your lightest shade.

The straight LLB is smooth enough for the highlights.  I have found the
major improvement in this approach over my previous Epson driver approaches
is that I can extend the LLB into the shadows and largely cure microbanding
there that has been a problem in the past.  So, a lot of LLB is used, as is
clear in the graph at http://home1.gte.net/res0a2zt/4K-7500-Kirkland.jpg .

Part of the point of this approach is to avoid mixing as much as possible.
Competitively available, off-the-shelf inks is part of the point.  It was
the LC that was just too dense and high gamut in its stock form for the old
7500.  With the 7600, however, it should be fine.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com