Digital BW, The Print

A message on the colorsync list.
Of interest for both mailing lists I guess.

Ernst


----- Original Message -----
From: "JWL" <jwlimages@...>
To: <colorsync-users@...>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: Hope for Epson drivers...


> Hello Listmembers,
>
> An FYI from the last meeting of the San Francisco Digital Imaging  Group
> (SFDIG) --
>
> A presentation from an Epson product manager (sorry, no name - I missed
the
> introduction, but his topic was the SP 2200 printer), provided a couple of
> nuggets I thought might interest the list.
>
> First, Bill Atkinson's efforts (crusade?) have been noticed - reportedly
> Epson will attempt to greatly improve the gray balance & linearity of
their
> drivers "No Color Adjustment" settings. They seem to be getting the
message
> this could improve performance with custom profile-generating software,
and
> that this is desirable.
>
> Of course this pertains to "future products", no promises to upgrade
current
> drivers with similar functionality.     :(
>
> Another comment about the "PhotoEnhance4" setting in the 2200 driver - he
> said yes, indeed this setting improves gray balance & linearity, but by
> compressing the printer gamut to something close to sRGB color space. So
not
> generally useful for generating profiles, but *very* useful if profile is
> intended for use printing "black & white" images.
>
> I found these bits encouraging, so thought to pass them along.
>
> John
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