Digital BW, The Print

Yes Andrew I had heard on this list, I believe from you about the 2880 
vs 1440 variable dot thing, and I assumed it certainly applied to the 
1280 and 1160 printers.

But I wasn't sure of the 2200 on IP5 RIP. 

I sent an 8x10 print through at 1440 and at 2880 (although I didn't 
have an actual profile for 2880 at the time-I do now). 7 minutes for 
1440 and 15 1/2 minutes for 2880.

I did notice one positive thing to the slower speed, even though I was 
using the wrong profile: mottling on Eclipse paper is less. However I 
am about to get 90% ink reduction curves for this paper and hopefully 
this will cure the mottling at 1440. I was using 95% ink reduction and 
it helped much over the standard 100%.

Colorbyte now has 2880 profiles for Photorag posted on their site and 
they are just finishing ones for Eclipse Satine. From what you say, it 
sounds as if I should be just using the 1440 90% ink reduction on 
Eclipse. The Photorag seems fine without reducing it's %ink.

One other question: do you know if IP5 prints at 1440 x 1440 or is it 
somethiing other like 1440 x 720? TIA
Jim H.




> 
> Andrew Rodney wrote:
> > 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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