Digital BW, The Print

Andy,

IMO building your own curves is something best left to the technically
minded and/or to those who really know what they're doing; like many folks
on this list--Paul, Roy, Tyler, Jeff, Carl, etc. Personally, I wouldn't mess
with it.

You don't indicate which platform you're on, but for the Epson 2200 I would
consider one of the following:

1. If Mac, look at Roy's QuadToneRIP, OPM/IJC, or one of the various RIPs:
IP, StudioPrint, PixelPicasso.

2. If PC, for right now your pretty much limited to one of the RIPs, like
IP, or Black Only printing.

A couple of solutions are free, such as Roy's QuadToneRIP, however, a couple
can get quite costly--$395 for IP (through Lexjet). I believe StudioPrint is
even more expensive. You also don't indicate if you're looking for a
dedicated B&W solution or a solution that will handle both color and B&W.
PixelPicasso, for example, is a specialized system for printing B&W, only.
It requires its own cartridges and software. ImagePrint (IP), for example,
uses the standard Ultrachrome inks to print both color and B&W. I believe a
few of the members on this list swap the UC cartridges with grayscale
cartridges for whatever output is required. Lotsa options...you need to
decide what's going to work for you.

Anyway, just a couple of thoughts to "wet your appetite."

Alan Huntley

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Andy" <andy-j1959@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 8:06 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] 2200 and a PC running XP


> How do I do that?  It seems that something has to tell the printer
> which cartriges to use and how much of each--and that does not seem
> very feasible for me to do (since I haven't a clue).  Is there some
> easily understandable way to do this?