Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Septone inks and PixelPixasso RIP


> At 9:04 PM -0800 2/23/03, Martin Wesley wrote in small part:
> >"Both user experience and our own rigorous testing and analysis show
> >that the R9 software will not perform to its maximum capacity when
> >used with unsupported inks or media and may not perform as intended.
> >A change in solvent, dMax, and/or chroma between ink sets would
> >necessitate the profiling of the ink/media/printer configuration. R9
> >will profile ink sets for manufacturers, but it requires a
> >commitment of resources on the part of the ink manufacturer." [R9's
> >Gary Rogers]
>
> Is it wishful thinking or does this quote suggest that the
> performance of R9's software is more specific to the ink set than to
> the media? I'm hoping PhotoRag is not the only paper on which it
> performs so well and that someone can fill us in on that soon.
>
> Thanks to Martin for so generous a report.
>
Sam,

As I understand it, the software has paper profiles just like the R9/Piezo
plug-in so it covers the same large range of papers, around 50, and perhaps
more.

Martin