Digital BW, The Print

Bernd,

I am really sorry to hear there is such a difference between the 1280 
and the 1290 drivers. I wonder what Epson's reasoning is for this.

Did you try the latest set of curves adjusted for a media setting 
of "Photo Paper" with a 1440 or 2880 dpi?

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., " Ruhrfoto/Bernd L." 
<ruhrfoto@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > The 1280 IS the 1290 outside the U.S.
> 
> 
> Jerry, 
> I can´t believe that. 
> I have an 1290 with MIS VM inks.  
> If I use Paul´s 1280 curves (Mac or PC) the results are awfull.
> 
> (Paul, I sent new 21 step prints from all your curves with my print 
> exchange picture. Maybe that works better than scanned prints 
> via e-mail.)
> 
> Or is anybody out there using Paul´s curves on a 1290 with 
> success??
> 
> Bernd