Digital BW, The Print

On 5/8/02 4:26 PM, "johnl002" <jlytton@...> wrote:

> I haven't had much experience with other RIPs, but PhotoScript+,
> Ver.6 gives me deeper blacks than the standard Epson driver, the
> Fiery RIP, and the ImagePrint demo I did try.  The dot pattern is
> also smooth and inconspicuous.

When you get these deeper blacks...can you still resolve 100% from 99%
black?  

The key, as I understand it, is to find the dmax for a paper/ink combination
that allows you to resolve this difference and then to set up your ink flow
and mixing accordingly.  From what you have described you should be able to
do this with this RIP.  The dmax boost will likely not be better than what
you get with Imageprint, however, given that is what they are doing when
they profile.  Speaking with the Imageprint folks...they find that they can
frequently get 0.1 higher dmax for most ink/paper combinations than the
piezo driver does.  The epson driver is completely uncalibrated for this
with the inks that we are all using (it was set up for dyes on dye papers).
Some papers perform well...others don't.  The difference between papers once
this is correctly adjusted may be much less dramatic than it is now using
either the Epson or Piezo driver.
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