Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
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> "Bob Marsolais" <bob@> wrote:
> >

Hi Bob and Paul, I am interested in this thread as I am going through a 
similar exercise at the moment. My objective is a smooth printing BW 
neutral (but tonable from cool to warm) with good archival qualities 
(but not the driving objective).

I have an R1800 for the project and am using MIS inks. Two things I 
found out really quickly is the R1800's propensity for banding 
(although this is only with MIS rather than OEM inks) and the MIS inks 
propensity to clog. These two factors have nearly driven me to abandon 
the project but I have continued to an extent.

To cut a long story short, I am finding that I am getting good results 
from a full color inkset, profiled with COlorvision's extended gray 
patches and then given a second pass of full GLOP. 

With all the color that has to be mixed or fired in a BW print to 
achieve neutrality with PK, is there any point in messing about 
further. This comment applies to neutral PK prints only. I understand 
these comments are not relevant to the 3MK setup which is matt only and 
is has ultimate archival properties as its main driver. 

regards

Alistair Owens