At 12:33 PM 5/19/2002 +0800, you wrote: > >From: "Alan Zinn" >> Karl, >> >> Flocculated?????? Oh boy, a new f word! > >now use it wisely Alan! > > >> How is the Canon with b/w images? Guys on the digital b/w list are >itching >> to find a Canon b/w quad-black system and a reliable rgb monochrome system >> that doesn't have bad metamerism. > > >pretty acceptable for a single ink, but not good enough for what I call >B&W.. I'd love to see a grey tone cartridge system but I've heard nothing - >The S800 is a 6 cartridge printer, what is the normal practice with grey >scale printing? Are they only set up for four colour ink printers, or are 6 >colour printers usable? > > > >Karl > Karl, The hex-tone system that I know about, Piezography, is really quad tones with two redundant inks in the light cyan and light magenta position - I'd have to look it up to see which. There is only a Piezo driver available for the currently available 1280 Epson printer and one for the old 1200. Except for Piezography, which is quite expensive, quad-tone printing is a bit more experimental and fussy for some compared to color printing. The ideal system would print straight out of the box AND allow experienced users to control the six inks individually. I expect this to be available soon on the less expensive printers. For some (not me) the Holy Grail is a quad print that looks like a silver print. And then there are the achievability issues. There are informative links about quad-tone printing on my web pages: http://www.panoramacamera.us/m_digital.html (bottom of the page "Paul Roark"). AZ Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera. http://www.panoramacamera.us or keyword.com lookaround
