Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

The Canon's don't use QTR and other 3rd party RIPs for B&W so far,
though Bowhaus is releasing their True B&W RIP for the Canon's.  Also,
3rd party inks are generally not available.  Essentially, this forum
is focused more on Epson printers.  

I bought a Canon iPF6100 about 6 months ago, which I love, both for
color and B&W.  Believe it or not, I am using custom "COLOR" profiles
for fantastic B&W prints that are truly neutral, by eye and as
measured by a spectro.  I also like that I can use standard ICC
profiles for soft proofing, and that I don't have to create both color
profiles and a family of monochrome profiles.  One profile does it all.  

I give up the dedicated B&W inksets with the Canon, at least at this
point in time.  No complaints, however.  If you are interested in the
Canon's, the following link is a great resources.

http://canonipf.wikispaces.com/

Lou



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> It seems strange that no one ever mentions this printer. It seems to
me to be by far the best spec'd 17" printer out there, what with
having the two blacks at once.
> 
> I'm dreaming, however, of a 17" roll printer that has two blacks AND
Glop. Epson must be due for a new line soon????
> 
> dreaming away ...
> Richard
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