Digital BW, The Print

On 5/1/03 8:32 AM, "simplephotographs" <clark@...> wrote:

> For my 1160, which has the original Piezo
> ink, it makes sense that I should simply try
> the PiezoTone Selenium... Are you suggesting
> a modified software approach over the
> standard Piezo driver?? Wasn't sure as I read
> your note, now for the 4th time...?
> 
Many of us have found that the Piezotones do not work well with the original
piezo driver, because the profiles are not good given the slightly different
densities of the Piezotones.  Not sure what OS you are running, but
Openprintmaker/Ink Jet Control is currently the best option for a 1160 with
the Piezotones using a Mac.

> 
> P.S. One friend wrote the following offline,
> and I too wish all this was easier to grasp,
> and to execute. It will be in time, I guess...
>>>  ...i honestly think that that whole
>>> quadtone approach is a bunch of
>>> hassle, due to no way to softproof it.
>>> it's too rubegoldberg for me....the
>>> more i mess with this crap, the less
>>>  messin' with it, the less riggin', the
>>> less BS, the better. honestly, i'm not
>>> happy with ANY output i've seen, from
>>> ANY of the printers. really. honestly.
>>> down deep.

I think that the fact that he/she is happy with any output that he/she has
seen is great for that person, but is certainly not the case for many on
this list.  There are many more options for good BW digital printing than
there were a year ago...and probably many more yet to come...but they are
certainly not all equivalent...as Paul has hilighted.

Robert