Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson 
<peter@s...>" <peter@s...> wrote:
> Thomas Fors was kind enough to send me a couple of sample images 
from 
> RIPs he's using:  the IP RIP and the Epson RIP.  
> 
> The Epson RIP had a strong, unpleasant magenta cast but the IP RIP 
> image was perfectly neutral under fluorescent and incandescent 
> light.  I'll look at it under sunlight tomorrow if we get any sun 
> here!

OK, I've looked at the IP print under sunlight and it looks
real good - no noticable metamerism going between fluorescent
and daylight!

I've also spent more time comparing the texturing, and I'd
say the "dotting" is about midway between the default Epson
driver and Black Only printing.  My guess, looking at the
magnified image, is that they achieve this by using mainly
the black ink, and very modest amounts of SOME of the other
colors.   I'm going to rescan the test image and crank up 
the saturation to see if I can get a count. 

I would like to once again ask if anyone who is getting 
good results with the Epson RIP would be willing to send 
me a sample to evaluate.  I'll happily pay postage and
paper/media cost if that's an issue.   Thanks in advance.
  
 
> 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