Digital BW, The Print

On 3/14/02 5:57 PM, "byronbulb" <byronbulb@...> wrote:

> I wonder if it might have something to do with the PC's native 2.2
> gamma versus the mac's native 1.8? I still don't see how this could
> really affect printing unless something like Colorsync (or the PC
> equivalent (is there an equivalent?)) was in the mix adapting the data.

I'll hazard two guesses --

    1. The Epson drivers "know" the native gamma of the platform they are
running on (Windows @ 2.2, Mac @ 1.8), and are compensating for that as they
send the data to the printer.

    2. The users of these curves (and I have no direct experience myself)
have not calibrated their monitors, and so the curves are compensating for
*both* the characteristics of the ink *and* the characteristics of the
monitor.  However, I can't see how this would produce decent results, since
uncalibrated monitors will be different even on the same platform.

-- 
John Labovitz
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