Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

I think you are probably right in terms of the mechanics of the 
printers but if the firmware is different, then electronically they 
are different printers. It sounds like the board level bios is 
different. Having worked around the edges of the printer industry, 
the 1280's and 1290's are probably being assembled in different 
factories and may have enough minor variations in board level 
components to cause problems.

I all honesty this still surprises me. If I work with a standard 
color file in Photoshop so that it prints well on a 1280 using Epson 
inks I would expect that if I sent that file to Bernd to print with 
Epson inks on the same paper in his 1290 that the file would print 
rather closely to the original and only require some minor tweaking.

The fact that we are seeing these differences does not speak highly 
of Epson's efforts to have good color management across their 
printers. This once again points to the need for some good quad 
profiling either in stand-alone software or as a service. Reasonably 
priced of course. <<g>>

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Sorry Bernd, The Printers are the same, but the DRIVERS aren't!
> 
> My mistake. 
> 
> Also, I suppose the voltage is different...
> 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> " Ruhrfoto/Bernd L." wrote:
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson
> > <jerryolson@r...> wrote
> > 
> > :> Bernd, it's true. they are the same printer.
> > > I get excellent results using the VM inks and Paul's curves.
> > > Jerry
> > 
> > > > Jerry,
> > > > I can´t believe that 1280 and 190 are the same..
> > > > I have an 1290 with MIS VM inks.
> > > > If I use Paul´s 1280 curves (Mac or PC) the results are 
awfull.
> > 
> > Martin, Jerry,
> > I just downloaded the 1280 driver from the Epson website.
> > It doesn´t run my 1290.
> > Have to be patient until Paul has got my 1290  21step-prints.
> > ... we will see.
> > Bernd
> > 
> > 
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page 
is at:
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> > 
> > Please follow these basic guidelines:
> > - Include your full name with your message.
> > - Include the address of your website, if you have one.
> > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier 
messages to keep them short.
> > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject 
header.
> > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks 
or "flames."
> > - Complete your Yahoo profile.
> > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the 
various resources on the homepage.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to 
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/