Digital BW, The Print

The Roland can print on all of the same papers as the Epson, but 
because there is always both a 'Photo' black and 'Matte' black 
available you can print on gloss or matte media by selecting the 
appropriate 'print environment' in the RIP. The inkset we currently use 
is the Roland pure pigment Hexachrome set: CcMmYKOG and the PiezoTone 
Quadblack Selenium Tone blacks.

On 02/02/2006, at 1:50 AM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
wrote:

> Subject: Re: Digital Black & White printer test site.
>
> 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
>>
Regards,

Warren Macris

High Res Digital Imaging
Giclée Australia

61 2 833 88833