Digital BW, The Print

Hello All,
Are you folks using ImagePrint using the raster only version or the  
postscript version? I have a 2200, 1200, and 3000.

Thanks,
trish
On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 09:02  PM, Thomas Fors wrote:

> I can only comment on ImagePrint for the 2200, but I am convinced it  
> is the
> way to go for B&W printing on this printer, and I highly doubt it  
> would let
> you down for the 7600 or 9600.  Still, you might want to make sure  
> there is
> a reasonable return policy before spending your money.
>
> Also, if you haven't tried Bill Atkinson's free profiles for your  
> 9600, you
> might give them a shot first.  I've seen reports that they work very  
> well.
> You can find them on Epson's site:
> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ 
> Redirect.jsp?ygtsi=ICCProfilesStylusPro76
> 00
>
> I purchased IP because I was unhappy with the default performance of my
> 2200.  Using the standard profiles and even photo-realistic mode, the  
> prints
> looked cool to me and exhibited noticable metamerism.
>
> I tried the gray balancer and quickly grew tired of making iteration  
> after
> iteration of tweaks without achieving the holy grail of perfect  
> neutrality.
> Besides, the metamerism was still there.
>
> I spent the money for IP and although I think it is pricey, the bottom  
> line
> is it works, and it works well.  It is not without problems though.   
> The
> user interface is a bit difficult and I had some installation problems  
> to
> overcome.  Once you learn to deal with their interface though, you  
> will be
> able to make beautiful B&W prints with little effort.
>
> As a comparison, I just spent 2 hours playing with Epson's new Stylus  
> RIP
> for the 2200.  I have to say I'm not impressed.  A print of a  
> grayscale step
> wedge shows noticable magenta and cyan tones in various patches, and  
> their
> grayscale mode printed a horrible step wedge that went solid black in  
> the
> 90% patch.  Granted, it gives you more knobs to turn than the Epson  
> driver,
> and I could probably get much better results by spending more time  
> with it,
> but I've realized that you can spend an entire lifetime adjusting  
> profiles
> and evaluating step wedges.  IP handles all that for you and lets you  
> get
> back to printing real images.
>
> --Tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Carter" <mc_776@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 9:12 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] ImagePrint Sale
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> I ONLY want to print to one printer (9600).  I want to print black &  
>> white
>> with the 9600 and Colorbyte has a gray picker.  Inkjetmall has a sale
> going
>> on the large format version for windows and I can save $750. Is it
>> everything Colorbyte cracks it up to be?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
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~t

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