Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone tried Ilfords MonoKrome pigment based quadtone inkset
(http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/latestnews/latestnews1.html)? Ilford
offers a proprietary system (MonoKrome inks/relabeled Encad printers/Onyx
PosterShop RIP with special curves/profiles).

Any thoughts on how these inks could work on regular Encads?  I wonder if
there is a way to get smooth transistions (overlapping tonal regions)? What
do you think that it would take: a special RIP, driver and/or transfer
curves, LUTs, profiles, Quadruplex workflow,....?

Stefan

Stefan,

here in Los Angeles, California, Bow Haus uses an Ilford (Encad) wide format 
printer and succesfully makes and sells giant quad tone prints on Sihl paper. I 
am not sure what their inks are but they developed their own workflow based 
on the rip that came with the printer. It wasn't such a big deal (i.e. didn't have 
to buy any proprietary profiles and such). The only downside is that these 
prints are only good when they are huge because the device resolution is low 
(i.e. the dots break up the image too much at smaller sizes).

Antonis


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Stefan Fiedler <iris@a...> wrote:

> Has anyone tried Ilfords MonoKrome pigment based quadtone inkset
> (http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/latestnews/latestnews1.html)? Ilford
> offers a proprietary system (MonoKrome inks/relabeled Encad printers/Onyx
> PosterShop RIP with special curves/profiles).
> 
> Any thoughts on how these inks could work on regular Encads?  I wonder if
> there is a way to get smooth transistions (overlapping tonal regions)? What
> do you think that it would take: a special RIP, driver and/or transfer
> curves, LUTs, profiles, Quadruplex workflow,....?
> 
> Stefan