Digital BW, The Print

> I took it as you were implying that the
> 3000 would have variable droplets available while printing.

No, not at all.  I was only mentioning, that the 3000 can vary the dot size,
I mistakenly wrote "droplet".

> I think we agree that
> the 3000 does not have the variable droplet technology,

That's a given...but as I said, it is little known that the 3000 can vary
the dot size...

> If you can't vary the droplet size while printing and if the droplet
> is already at its smallest size at the highest dpi setting determined
> prior to starting the print why would you want to change the dot
> size?

You CAN change it "during printing", but that depends on what you mean by
"during printing".  It is NOT pretty, but it, more or less, can be done...

> Was the code you were writing...

One of the "projects" I was doing was writing an alignment utility, since
Epson does not sell or release theirs.  This was the only way I could get
the 3000s I have to be aligned...I brought them to the service depot and
spend untold hundreds of dollars (not to mention the thousands for the
printers that did nothing but band, and the near a thousand for inks and
Piezo software) for them to align them...and they never got it right in
THREE tries...so I decided I could do a better job, if I only had the
utilities...so I wrote my own.

The alignment of the two print heads is VERY technical, and very
complicated...though, with the right software can be done reasonably
easily...but...the 3000 does not have a very good mechanical way to set the
actual alignment.  I found that one of the printers required a finer degree
of alignment than they provided...  This was not a well done printer in that
respect, but I guess that's why their driver isn't really that good...

Cone claims to get 2160DPI (3x720) out of the 3000.  I have yet to figure
out how he could possibly do that.  Do you have any ideas?  He claims secret
commands...