Digital BW, The Print

Johnny, are you using OS X? Can you print with all the Epson desktop
printers without hassles using OS X? I didn't think you could, so
haven't upgraded yet.

Jerry








Johnny Deadman wrote:
> 
> on 9/9/01 6:50 PM, Todd Flashner at tflash@... wrote:
> 
> > Using PS, a Mac, and the Epson driver, I can send a 16-bit file to print. I
> > understand that somewhere in the path to print that file is being converted
> > down to 8-bit. I *think* I remember Bruce Fraser saying that the OS (Mac at
> > least (Quick Draw)) is the limiting factor in the chain, preventing the
> > final print from actually being printed in 16-bits.
> 
> Godfrey DiGiorgi is the real guy to ask about this since he actually works
> at Apple but I suspect that Quickdraw these days is totally happy to work in
> 16 bits, not least because the screen is drawn using Quickdraw, and supports
> 16-bit color. In any case, if there were such a limitation, it is lifted in
> OS X.
> --
> John Brownlow
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