Digital BW, The Print

I saw very little metamerism with PowerRIP, but part of that is that I 
didn't look too hard as it didn't quite go far enough for me.  Having said 
that, I didn't have to look hard AT ALL for metamerism with standard color 
B&W printing so that in itself is a good sign.

From memory, the un-tweaked 21 step wedge looked very neutral (perhaps 
slightly cool?) in daylight, and perhaps slightly warm under tungsten.  I 
would have to agree with you that there is very little metamerism with 
PowerRIP.

Please take the information above with a big grain (perhaps a rock) of salt. 
  Everyone, download a demo for free and try it out.  It prints "PowerRip" 
in the middle of the page and it can be confusing to set up, but it's worth 
a try!!!!

  Matthew

>Message: 8
>    Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:38:03 -0000
>    From: "danielstaver <daniel@...>" <daniel@...>
>Subject: Re: 2200 for color & 1280 for B&W
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "carlislematthew
><carlislematthew@h...>" <carlislematthew@h...> wrote:
> > Yes, I tried 2880dpi.  I'm not too dissapointed with it, but I think
> > that I can probably buy a decent amount of MIS ink for 200 bucks and
> > get REALLY good output.  I feel like PowerRIP gets me 90% of where I
> > want to be.
>
>I can understand that. I think if I had an extra printer sitting
>around I would spend the money on inks for that instead of a RIP for
>the 2200 as well.
>
>Haven't yet seen a quad-print myself, but I asked Clayton, who has one
>of my PowerRIP-prints, what he thought about it in comparison. He said
>it was slightly more coarse but still looked good, so I think your
>statement about the prints being 90% of the way there are a pretty
>good description of what I'm getting - if dotless quad-prints are your
>goal that is.
>
>Sadly, I think at $289 it's the lowest cost solution to getting near
>metamerism-free prints on the 2200 so far. Maybe the Epson RIP will
>change that, but I've yet to hear anything positive about it.
>
>Just out of curiosity, how much metamerism were you still able to see?
>I personally can't see much, maybe a slight shift in tone in daylight,
>but I find it very hard to tell. Haven't tried sunlight yet, not much
>of that in Norway at the moment...
>


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