Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Palmieri" <pcpalmieri@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200 RIP: further results?


> There are many more settings than the ones in the DeWolfe article.
> Problem is there is no explanation what each of the settings has on
> the final print. Some are not a challenge to understand but a couple
> are.  Perhaps you had not changed any of the settings other than the
> one to which DeWolfe referred, and that may be the reason you are
> getting results that I don't see in the prints I have made. Too bad
> that the manual is a bad joke.
>

I agree.  That could be part of the problem.  I certainly did not try all
possible settings.  I did try the following beyond DeWolfe's settings.

In the Color Manager dialog:
CMYK: Custom, Icc Profile: -, Color Adjust: -
RGB: Adobe RGB, Icc Profile: EW-Adobe RGB
Media: Enhanced Matte Paper_1440x720, Icc Profile: CPS SP2200 MCMP,
Calibration: -, Paper Configuration: Color density: 100%.

In Print Setting dialog:
Media Quality: Enhanced Matte Paper_1440x720
RGB Simulation: Adobe RGB
CMYK Simulation: Off
Grayscale Control: Image (I also tried Text)
Ink: Color (I also tried Grayscale).
High Speed: unchecked.

Results with ink set to Grayscale were horrible.  The shadows were blocked
up from about 85-100%  I had much better luck with the ink set to Color,
although it still did not give a smooth neutral gray ramp.


> Any comment on the printing time?

Yes, the Epson RIP was much slower than printing with the Epson driver.