Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband 
<thusband@s...>" <thusband@s...> wrote:
> Corin_Dickinson wrote:
> > I can not find the right workflow for Epson 1280, MIS VM, PR 
> curves, 
> > EAM, and PS7. My prints looked posterized in the 70-80% tones. I 
> have 
> > tried changing dot gain, RGB, sRGB, 1290 curves, I just can't 
> correct 
> > the problem. Any solutions?
> > Thanks, Corin
> 
> Corin,
> 
> I've been printing with PS6, VM, PR curves and EAM on my 1280 and 
> liked it most of the time but I was seeing some posterization and 
> also slight banding sometimes.  Tried all kinds of combinations 
and 
> just now tried printing with Qimage.  Did everything in PS6 and 
> saved the file with the PR curves.  Opened it in Qimage and in the 
> print settings set it for 2880 dpi with all the other settings as 
> per the PR workflow.  Why wouldn't I have the 2880dpi option in 
> PS6?  Anyway I turned off the printer profile in Qimage thinking 
> that I didn't want to double profile (Q doesn't have a "same as 
> source" setting) and let her rip.  It took forever to print of 
> course but what a difference.  I'm going to play with this 
> combination some more.  I wonder what BO will look like in Q?  Has 
> anybody else used Qimage?
> 
> Tom Husband

Hi; 

I've been using Qimage a bit after hearing some intriguing claims on 
the wide format forum; I'm quite impressed with the combination of 
interpolation and sharpenning they use, it allows you to print large 
files very small without downsizing first, with a marked increase in 
smoothness and sharpness over PS and Epson driver performing the 
same task. The interface is a bit quirky, but it didn't take long to 
figure out what I needed to do. Well worth the $40.00 they want for 
it!