Digital BW, The Print

The Corey workflow, though designed for Hextone MIS inks, 
seems to be working well on my 980 using Quadtone inks 
(original inkset). I'm printing onto Epson Heavyweight and 
Archival Matte, and it doesn't seem to matter which of his levels I 
load (the Concorde Rag or the Somerset Enhanced), the results 
are the same.

I'm having to fine tune a little with a curve, but considering my 
setup is so far removed from what Carl had in mind I'm more 
than happy.

I would be keen to hear from anyone who is also using the Corey 
method with Quads, whether you are happy or otherwise.

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/
workflow_corey.html

http://www.galleryprint.com/workflow.html

By the way, the 980 is not exactly state of the art for black and 
white printing, but I'm of humble means, living in Tokyo, and 
trying to track down a refurbished 1160 that could be shipped to 
me at a reasonable price - ie, no more than the price of the 
printer! - was a hapless task. Epson printers in Japan have 
different model numbers, and sometimes the differences are 
much more than skin deep. I have tried a few Quad workflows 
designed for the 1160, though they were all unsatisfying, with 
prints that didn't just need fine-tuning, they were way off. Is there 
a fundamental difference between the way 980 and the 1160 
print? (Pardon my ignorance..)

Richard Hawking