Digital BW, The Print

My thoughts exactly Mark. These posts read like sales literature for this
RIP. I guess what we are getting is just plain vanilla custom profiled
neutral, and you have to pay $2500 for the "dead nuts" version. Still, I
would like to see some output. I was hoping more people would be interested
in my technical print exchange, and especially Andrew so that we could judge
this nut death ourselves.

> You're usually so level-headed, factual, and flatline. Since Friday,
> it's like you've come alive. Are you OK?
> 
> Everything that you say about this RIP seems interesting to me. Yet
> at the same time, I can't imagine my 9600 looking any better than it
> already
> does, now that's it's profiled. Even the Epson canned profiles are
> pretty darn 
> nice.
> 
> I see little if any metamerism. Certainly not enough to bother me.
> The prints and 
> the tonality seems very smooth. The 21 step grey wedge is consistent
> and 
> neutral, top to bottom.
> 
> So I'm looking for more exact qualities that you speak of, that would
> make up this radical improvement that you mention. And looking for
> justification 
> to spend yet another $2500 for the 9600 version of the software.
> 
> You say that you can't believe that two prints look like they've been
> made from the same printer (Epson vs. ImagePrint). Are my standards
> that low,
> that I'm satisfied with this level of inferior quality? I thought
> (past tense,
> I guess) that I was pretty picky.
> 
> I'm kidding you, but also serious.
> 
> Thanks, Mark Tucker