Digital BW, The Print

I just bought the IP RIP Mac os X .
The course dithering/dot grain in the mid to light areas are just 
too excessive to be acceptable for my printing needs.
I'm returning it for a refund.

The Epson driver w/Atkinson prints smoother highlights but 
lousy shadows, and IP prints gorgeous neutrals and smooth 
shadows but lousy hightlights.
I wish I had the best of both worlds!

It's unfortunate, I know my 9600 is capable of printing perfectly 
neutral smooth prints from light to dark,....still looking and 
waiting for the right software.

Andrew G.



> I was a little surprised at the texturing ("dotting") of the IP RIP 
> print, especially in the mid-light areas.  I scanned a sample 
area 
> and posted it on my website:
> 
> http://studio-nelson.com/tmpimage/forsip1.jpg
> 
> . . . that's about a 1.2 cm section, so it's highly enlarged.  With 
> the naked eye it's noticable out to a foot or so away but 
probably 
> not at typical viewing distances for 8x12 or 13x19 prints.  Also 
note 
> the blue fringing around some of the black areas - again not 
> noticable unless you look closely - although I'd love to know 
what 
> the IP algorithm did to come up with that!