Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Neilsen "
<e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
>
> ...We first made some test prints on the Innova Photo Smooth with the
> Epson driver with the profile I got from Jim Doyle.  It looked ok,
but it
> took forever to spool. Then we tried the same file with IP. 
> 
> We went ahead and downloaded the profile from IP for Innova, I
forget the
> new number system that Color Byte is using, but I think it was one
meant for
> mixed light.  Since I have had IP for three years, I expected the
detail to
> once again come out in the dmax areas, but this was my first look at
a side
> by side with the new X800 series. I was not disappointed...

That's what I was curious about. I guess I'd be more interested in how
IP compares to ABW with a grayscale file, rather than the standard RGB
driver and an RGB profile... 
Particularly now that IP has eliminated the use of the lightest K ink.

>The down side is
> now that customer will want to see that in all her prints, so I may
need to
> pony up the fee for my IP and add the 4800...

Well, see if she can guarantee you enough additional work to justify
the cost of the upgrade <G>.
Tyler