Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mitch Alland 
<malland@x> wrote:
> For: A. Andrew Gonzalez
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I am looking at a B&W print I just made with IP5 on the 7600, and 
can't 
> see what you're talking about: looking with 4x, 6, and 10x loupes I 
> don't see any "coarseness" whatsoever in the mid- and light-tone 
areas. 

I just posted an image to my website of an IP5 RIP image from the 
2200.  And there is no quesation that it's a bit coarse.
This is 1.2 cm:

http://studio-nelson.com/tmpimage/forsip1.jpg

Otherwise it's nice and neutral, excellent shadow detail, no 
metamerism, etc. 

Do you have a hi-res flatbed scanner you could post a 
sample of your output from?