Digital BW, The Print

Epsons can print on many different papers. How about the D'vinci?

Are you using Roland's inks? Which ones?

Thanks,

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Warren Macris 
<warren@h...> wrote:
>
> We have a Roland D'vinci 64" printer which runs currently with 5 
blacks 
> and a full Hexachrome set (12 different inks in total). We print 
mainly 
> for very fussy photographers and artists. Our alternate printer is 
> currently a 9600 running via Imageprint 6. There is a noticeable 
> difference in output quality for both B&W and color images between 
the 
> two. The flexibility of the D'Vinci setup (based on StudioPrint 
11/12 
> RIP) allows you to use basically any ink in any position with your 
> printer, with up to six different dilutions of black at once. You 
can 
> print with black inks only, or use some or all of the color inks.  
You 
> could theoretically have 12 different black inks loaded,  provided 
that 
> no more than six where used at a time. For less demanding output we 
> have setups using just four inks - CMY and one black, or CMYOG and 
one 
> black.  The downside is that it is a much bigger outlay than an 
Epson 
> 9800 and does require specific profiling and linearization for each 
> setup, but it is better made, more reliable, cheaper to run and 
offers 
> superior output in return.
> 
> 
> Warren Macris
>