[Leica] Really. The BEST B&W output I have ever made...

[kleinp at BATTELLE.ORG (Klein, Peter A)]

Richard:  Are you saying the Quadtone RIP is better than Paul Roark's
curves? I've been very happy with Paul's curves. I also use a 1280 and
UT2 inks, and have also calibrated my monitor.  I haven't gone to any
fancy paper, just Epson Matte Heavyweight or Epson Enhanced Matte, which
Paul told me were pretty much interchangeable.

Paul has curves for Hann. Photo Rag and a couple of other of the fancy
papers, as well as Epson Enhanced Matte and even a couple of
luster/glossy papers.

How is Quadtone RIP output better?  Have you used the Roark curves or
just the "easy way" slider method?

. . . For those who are unfamiliar, MIS quadtone and hextone inks can be
used with Photoshop, PS Elements and Picture Window Pro by a fairly
simple procedure.  You convert your final grayscale photo to a temporary
RGB color image, then apply a curve which generates a false color image.
Then print the false color image.  The false colors are actually the
amount of each shade of gray ink put down on paper.  Works great.

--Peter

Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> UT2 is one of the more popular B&W inkset, try www.inkjetsupply.com
You can 
> use it without QuadtoneRIP but from my testing, it's much better with
it. 
> You need to calibrate your monitor (which I have been doing for a
number of 
> years now) and you need to have a profile for the type of paper you
are 
> using, but the effort seems to worth it..