Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "marktuckerdotcom" <
mtucker508@y...> wrote:

> First, why would software for a 44" printer cost a thousand 
> dollars more than (relatively) the same software for a 24" printer? 

Don't know. I don't see a reason for it. I do see a reason for $495 for a desktop 
version for the 2200 and the like. But I'd hope the 7600 and 9600 versions 
would all be the same. 

> And secondly, workflow -- are all these complicated ink levels 
> and other settings dealt with ONLY when you're creating profiles, 
> or do you have to deal with it every time you make a print? 

All done with profiles although there are a number of image specific controls 
take from their scanning software! You have a Histogram, Curves, a color 
control and individual fields to limit ink (which I didn't mess with at all). Since 
the software is ICC savvy, the previews match Photoshop although frankly, 
this would be the last place I'd do corrections. Still, for some production 
environments, it might be nice to be able to apply a correction. The way in 
which you get to these controls and undo them is a real kludge which I hope 
will be fixed. 

>Once 
> you're profiles are set, and you've decided on one or two papers, 
> how much different is the workflow between IPrint and the Epson 
> driver?

It's different in a good way. In theory it's the same. You set paper and profile 
and off you go. But dealing with size for output, ganging images and so forth 
is much more powerful. 

One thing I love is that IF you want to print B&W, you can simply deal with 
much smaller grayscale files. It doesn't make a difference if you send the 
product RGB that is neutral or Grayscale; it will do all the work at the print 
level. So for printing B&W, you have a file that's a lot smaller. 

Just to keep any Alpha channels in those files. Hose the output. I told them 
about it. The product will take PSD files with layers (it slows it down a tad). For 
fastest processing for coming into the main preivew, drag and drop a TIFF file.