Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@h...> wrote:
...
> Ironically, the biggest issue with a 7 ink printer is what to do
with so many inks.
> Piezo is only 4 inks.  The septone system for example uses two
independent gray 
> sets with a common black.  Others starting with piezo inks will
custom mix
> different piezo set to get specific color tones.

Actually, this is one of the coolest aspects. Piezotones for the x600
printers come in configured sets for warm and cool with a shared
black. I believe they are Sepia+Cool Neutral, or  Warm
Neutral+Selenium, either with whatever K ink you want. I believe these
sets were chosen because they are the best "oposite" to each other.
This was done for StudioPrint users, however with QTR you should
easily be able to set up profiles for either/or, then blend assuming
the driver still has that option. Others are coming up with their own
custom options with the various inksets.

> The other approach that appeals to me is have a basic gray quadtone,
plus
> individual toner inks that you can software control the color tones
giving
> what ever tones and split tones you like.  This is the general idea
I took with
> my 7500 -- 6 inks with 1 black, 3 grays, a cool toner and a sepia toner.
> With 7 inks you could just use light C,M,Y toners.

Another great approach.
Tyler