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Re: 2200 IP5 Grayscale

2003-01-17 by Andrew Rodney

on 1/16/03 9:45 PM, jim hayes:

> A few days ago Colorbyte e-mailed me an update which allows mat paper
> printing at 2880 (even though it looks as if it's available in the
> pull down). No profiles for mat paper at 2880 exist yet AFAIK though.


You do NOT want to print at 2880. First, with IP or the Epson driver it
takes forever but worse, you lose variable dot dither. The 2880 is IMHO more
a high figure to look good to marketing than anything else. Print with IP at
1440; you'll get a better print and in far less time.

Andrew Rodney

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