Digital BW, The Print

This is so cool!

But is it just me or does the Gimp driver give _really_ cruddy dither patterns?

I might be doing something wrong, I'm not quite sure yet. Is anyone else using this yet?

I am on a 1280, 10.2.4, gimp 4.2.5, the latest ghostscript, PS 7.0.1, VM inks using the vms-neutral curve, premium glossy media setting, 1440 highest quality, adaptive dither, 2.0 density, blah blah blah

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington <roy@h...>" <roy@h...> wrote:
> 
> Well, I guess I'll just jump into the frenzy and announce a
> Quad Tone printing option for those running or wanting to
> run Mac OS X.  Here's a few highlights:
> 
> 1) Its free.
> 2) Its the simplest workflow.  Just print grayscales from 
>    any program.  Interestingly similar idea as the new Cone 
>    system, but no fancy icc profile calibration needed.
> 3) Easily configurable to just about any inkset so you can
>    buy anybody's ink or mix your own.  Its based on Photoshop
>    CMYK curves that get installed into the printer drivers. 
> 
> ----
> 
> It all installs from an ordinary disk image using OS X Installer.  
> 
> Here's the intro:
> 
> http://www.harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html
> 
> Here's the disk image:
> 
> http://www.harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.dmg.gz
> 
> ----
> 
> I've done Curves for VM-Sepia Inks on my 1160 and here's a 
> scan of the results:
> 
> http://www.harrington.com/sepiastep.jpg
> 
> ----
> 
> Although I hadn't considered the 2200 initially, I think there's a
> good chance that this system will be able to make great
> neutral non-metameristic black and whites.  With individual 
> control of CMYK, its possible to use mostly K which should
> also use light K and just add a little C and M and no Y.
> If anyone is interested in trying this idea let me know.
> 
> Happy Printing
> 
> Roy