Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antonis Ricos" <antonisphoto@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OPM vs Epson driver


> John,
>
> it's not so much about "how  good" OPM is at resampling: it just doesn't
at all!
> It  sends to the printer whatever gray tiff you open as is.
>
> So, you are correct, the closer to 720 the file is, the better. You may
not see a
> big difference past, say 400-500 dpi, but will certainly see pixelation if
you
> send a 360 dpi image. The same image printed through the Epson driver will
> print smoothly. In that sense, there is an extra step that one needs to
take if
> their files are below 400 dpi (at 100% final print size).
>
> As for the 16 vs 8 bit....  it definitely likes the 16bits better (it was
originally built
> that way) , but an 8bit 720 dpi file will be just fine.
>
> Just to clarify: this is not about scanning resolutions and extracting
info from
> the original etc - it's just about matching device dots to pixels.
>
Antonis,

Would this be a case where converting back to 16-bit just prior to printing
would be in order?

I know you beta tested the IJC/OPM software and are a long time user of the
Piezo/R9 plug-in. Can you give us your comparison of print quality and
workflow quality of the two?

Martin