Digital BW, The Print

Jim,

Just to clarify...the mottling problem that you are having with Eclipse and
the 2200 is a problem with gray pigment prints...correct?...because I
haven't seen a mottling problem for color output with IP and the 2200.

Robert

On 1/17/03 10:48 AM, "jim hayes <jimhayes@...>" <jimhayes@...>
wrote:

> 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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