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RE: [Digital BW] Piezo v. Epson resolution -- was (unknown)

2002-05-05 by Alan Zinn

At 10:03 PM 5/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>> Don't get me wrong, I think the Piezo driver has some real advantages for
>> some things (paper profiles, for example) and some people (beginners who
>> need plug & play).  But I've always had a problem with some of the
>> "over-the-top" representations and implications that have been
>> made for that
>> system.
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>I wrote an alignment utility for the Epson 3000 using the Epson printer
>command language, since I was having alignment problems, and the Epson
>service centers were not technically able to fix the banding, and I paid
>them twice to do so, and they, nor Epson, would give me the alignment
>utility that they used.  Needless to say, my printer works find now.
>
>No where in the printer command language could I find a way to get this
>printer to do 2160DPI, which, I believe, Piezo claims it works at.  I asked
>in the Piezo group about this, and never got a satisfactory explanation.
>Now, whether there may be some "secret commands" or something, I don't know,
>but I am reasonably familiar with the mechanics of this printer, I don't
>believe it can do 2160...  It's a claim that has never sat well with me.
>
>I will say that using the standard Epson driver, in grayscale mode, the
>prints are yuck...as it only uses the black ink...and when Piezo first came
>out, that is what they were up against...and theirs was vastly superior.
>
>Regards,
>
>Austin
>
>

Austin,

Knowing printer command language, you have got to be the wizard who knows
what the 240 dpi limiting figure I'm asking about pertains to. 


thanks,

AZ
Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.
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