Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Antonis Ricos" <
antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> Thanks for jumping in Tyler.I guess that's what you are using with the 3000?

Actually no. I'm still using PressReady, I just can't beat it with 
anything affordable, but I have to print out of classic. It also has 
excellent dithering. But my workflow is so convoluted, and (briefly) hi 
bit CMYK to boot, I don't recommend it to anyone. Of course it's also a 
dead product.
I'm waiting for an upcoming GimpPrint release that puts out more ink. 
With the current release the Epson driver's, and the Piezo plugin's, 
dmax can be reached, but not PressReady's. IJC/OPM may have figured out 
some way around that limitation.
I should clarify the previous post. Roy's version I briefly tried seems 
to use PS raw files like LUTs. Creating those raw files is a separate 
step, and he has provided some with the install.
What I can't address, are the tools Roy developed to help produce 
curves (which you turn into the raw files), they are separate from the 
driver. They seem quite clever (the whole thing does) but I haven't had 
the chance to try them. He's done more work since my brief playing.
Both IJC/OPM and Roy's RIP are very promising, if IJC/OPM supported the 
3000 or if GimpPrint put out more ink, I'd be putting more energy into 
both of them. Or maybe I'll win the lottery and get something newer 
than the 3000.
Tyler