Digital BW, The Print

When I talked to Epson Tech Support they said that the new RIP 
showed no difference in b/w printing compared to the standard 
2200 driver.   ETS said there was  no consideration in improving 
b/w performance when the RIP was designed.

I have the Image Print RIP with the 2200 and the Piezo system 
with the 1160.  The IP RIP is technically cleaner with great 
rendering of shadow detail and consistent highlight 
containment.  BUT I think the 1160 Piezo looks better.  Even with 
the color variations allowed by the IP RIP the Piezo is more 
pleasing to the eye.  ALSO the 1160 Piezo system has a finer dot 
pattern than the 2200 IP RIP.  

There is almost no metamerism with the IP RIP, I believe, 
because there is no yellow ink.  This has probably been stated 
before.  

Frank

http://www.photoeye.com/frankward

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Vincent 
Orlando <orlandovl@h...>" <orlandovl@h...> wrote:
> 
> Didn't look at any non rip prints. He was testing the rip to see if 
> it would in fact print dead neutral-which it did
> 
> Vinny
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"plnelson2003 
> <peter@s...>" <peter@s...> wrote:
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"Vincent 
> Orlando 
> > <orlandovl@h...>" <orlandovl@h...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Geo DeWolfe is the editor at large for Camera Arts mag 
and has
> > > been testing the Epson 2200 with Epson Rip. Those are 
the
> > > prints I looked at.
> > > Dead Neutral
> > 
> > And could you see the metamerism in the non-RIP prints?