Digital BW, The Print

With a rip that can handle color, the 1800 has lots of 
possibilities.  However, the Epson drive requires the expected colors 
to be in their expected places, and QTR does not pass the color 
information through the rip.  It converts to grayscale.  (I'd like to 
see a versionn of Create ICC-RGB that does pass the color information 
through.)

Don't use dyes; Eboni is not compatible with them.

I'd recommend you use MIS (or Epson) color pigments that are designed 
for the 1800 plus the 3-MK.  To print glossy, just swap out the MK in 
the PK spot and do not check "gloss" in the driver.  Then the Epson 
driver will print color as usual, using the PK when a glossy paper 
type is used.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Panmedia 
<panmedia@...> wrote:
>
> To print B&W on matte and color on glossy papers, is it possible to 
use 
> 3MK on R1800 with 5 dye color inks instead of Epson's original 
> UltraChrome color inks?
> 
> R1800 has 5 UltraChrome color inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, plus red 
and 
> blue. They are more for matte paper without gloss optimizer. How if 
I 
> use five compatible dye inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, 
light 
> magenta?
> 
> Or, if dye black is required to print color photos, is it possible 
to 
> make it:
> 
>     MK+MK+PK+C+M+Y+LC+LM
> 
> Thanks,
> - philip
>