QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "wlh_1" <will@...> wrote:
>
> I would like to re-commission a 220 printer that I have to use MIS
> UTR2 inks in a CIS but be able to use either the MK or PK inks by
> creating the appropriate curve in QTR.(ie. making the  PK "not used"
> when printing a matte print or vice versa for glossy printing) The
> hitch is that the UTR2 ink set is an ink set with either a PK or an MK
> black and 5 other degrees of black (grey). In my scheme one of the 5
> grey inks would have to be replaced by the additional black ink. The
> question is one: is this practicable and two: which of the 5 grey inks
> can be sacrificed?
> 


You'll notice in the ink descriptions at 
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R220_R2_Readme.pdf
that the light inks (LM, Y, and LC) are all the same density.  So, it seems to me that the logical place for the PK would be in the Y position.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com