Digital BW, The Print

Bo,
I tried MIS VM on a 1270, a 1290 and a 7500. 
Randomly got very good (quasi perfect) results, which fed my 
hope to have consistent results one day. But that happy day 
never showed up:  if (after a lot of curve tweaking) a single image 
was nearly perfect  - the next one would be hopelessly 
posterized.
Neither can I blame the inks, nor can I blame Paul (whom I 
admire)  - because I never printed with the "right" curves - they 
were made for the 1280 or for the 7000 but not for 1270/90 or 
7500. 
I can only blame myself because I  never made up my mind to go 
into the profiling-procedure with Paul because posting the 
scanned targets by e-mail added artifacts to the results  and 
posting them per mail over the great pond seemed to be too 
time consuming.
Actually  my results were such unpredictable that I switched back 
to MIS FS (running these inks by the Piezo Driver or IP4 - 
depending on the machine). Both are absolutely consistent.
Having red a lot of postings about Paul´s curves, I´ve got the 
impression, that rather a bunch of people have got same 
problems (inconsistent results and posterization), while others 
seem to be quite happy with their results. I can´t explain it  - but it 
seems to be obvious, that the results are very platform -, printer- 
and driver dependant. 
Surprisingly this is not the case with the ImagePrint4 RIP (which 
has the disadvantage to be rather expensive). Up to date the 
software is ready only for the PC. 
Actually I have a very slow PC (Celeron)  - but a quick Mac - so I 
do all the scanning and image-work on my Mac and  then send 
the image to the PC and print it via the IP4 RIP on my 7500.
I do not understand what a RIP is, but: it is WYSIWYG/P - without 
posterization and very consistent from print to print.

Again special thanks to Paul, it is my fault  - having not enough 
patience for his system.
Bernd


 







--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "sm7bxd" 
<sm7bxd@y...> wrote:
> 
> Please - do I have to use Piezo3000 when I love
> the Paul VM- "old one"!
> 
> Windows!!!Not Mac!!!
> 
> I have not the time - not the real scill - to get it right with
> the non  - US model of of the 1280 - the all over the world 1290
> I have. It works with the 1280 - driver - but don't dare to - after
> leaving that one for warrenty reparation.
> (They asked if I used the right driver the second time - can they 
see
> that by analyzing the BIOS of that printer. End up with General 
> Fault - RED LIGHTS ONLY!) Two times - if I have to send it next 
time -
>  I think Epson tells me something!!!)
> 
> Please MIS - Please Paul - toghether there are more 1290's 
than 1280'
> i guess!
> 
> Do I have to buy a MAC - they are good - but I want that money 
for a 
> second hand Epsy 7000. (I have three 1290's - good profit for 
Epson - 
> worth every penny! Dye/Archivel color/ and quad B/W - all CFS)
> 
> Soon this printer will be replaced by the new on???
> Or will it live like the 1160?
> 
> Is the new modedel of the Epsy A3+ printer CFS -ready?
> Can anyone out there veryfy the new Epsy ink - or give a hint?
> 
> 
> 
> Hahnemüllefan!
> Made in Sweden.
> 
> Bo Wrangborg