Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 5/4/02 10:06:18 PM, darkroom@... writes:

>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.

This is connected with Paul's inability to find increased resolution on a 
line test; a line test is black and white only, while the advantages in the 
Piezo driver are based on using all the color heads to print shades of gray. 
This allows more grays, more smoothness, more info, but not more black and 
white line pairs. As the Epson printers print smaller and smaller dots, this 
advantage shows less and less, which is why the 3000 and 7000 are the 
ultimate models for taking advantage of the Peizo drivers.

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@...