Digital BW, The Print

Tom,

<michael.kravit@w...> wrote:
>> Six color Piezo uses 4 tones including black. Magenta and Photo
>>magenta are the same. Cyan and Photo Cyan are the same.

You wrote:

>I've read this a few times and it just hit me... Does this mean there
>is no logical reason to switch from 4 color to 6 color?

For Piezo, there is no reason to go to the 6 ink printer in terms of
smoothness, as far as I can see.

>I've heard
>that some of the 1280 prints, especially were measurably more smooth
>than the 1160?

This is true with the MIS VM inkset.  It's mostly the blue toner dots that
some see in the 1160 highlights.  At normal viewing distance I don't notice
it, but some appear to.  With the 6-ink printers the magenta position is
used for the toner, so there is a very light, low-gamut blue toner in the
highlights that I don't think anyone can see.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com