Digital BW, The Print

> > How would you proceed to produce a print with pure BW parts and  some
> > colored ones on a 9800 loaded with K3.

> 
> Thats the perfect case for a custom color profile, and printing via the
> printers color print mode.

I don't think the Epson driver with k3 inks can give a pure carbon image.
The image will always have more color pigments than would a dedicated B&W
inkset or a rip with full control.  

However, visually, I agree that a good profile should be able to do very
well.

I'm not sure we'll ever have enough jets to have all the advantages of a
dedicated B&W inkset as well as a good color one in a single machine.  I
thought a rip plus the R800 might be worth exploring for this, but I hear
too much that makes me believe that Epson has not quite figured out how to
get a good smooth image from those small dots when only one color or a small
number of the colors are firing. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com