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Re: Getting started -- Cone or MIS? (LONG)

2001-10-01 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "TerryR" <terryr1028@h...>
wrote:
> Well, you may be right, but if these problems don't exist then why
do 
> so many people complain about them?

Why do I have to say the same things over and over again? Are we
speaking two different languages? I do, and have 
repeatedly, aknowledged that there are users with problems. Are you
just trying to get me to say it again?

> If your theory holds true, yes it does indicate a problem with the 
> ink. If the ink were properly designed for the Epson printer it
would 
> not have a problem with the CIS. The CIS has never exhibited a 
> problem with any other brand of ink that was designed for an Epson 
> printer to date.

OK man, whatever you say. I put forth no theory, the fact that the
vast majority of posters with clog problems are CIS users 
must be totally irrelevant.
> > 
> proof that the Piezo ink is not in its current state an optimal 
> design for Epson printers.

I guess I'd better stop using it. What will I do with all these
prints I thought I loved?

> I can see what you are saying here, but the workflow is minimal, no 
> harder than Piezo once you have the curves. THe curves are where
the 
> tinkering come in.

I never said a word about workflow.

> Well, maybe he needed to get the prints done in a hurry and isn't 
> quite there yet with the MIS VM. I don't think he would have been 
> tinkering with them if he were totally happy with the Piezo though.

Thank you for making my point again.
> 
> > All drivers and RIPs of every kind dither, I don't know what this 
> > means.
> 
> Well, you say you have some inside info, check into it and I think 
> you will find that is one part of the Epson driver that is bypassed 
> and not used (dithering), nor is it replaced in the software.

If you want to take a hardline stance in such a disscussion, perhaps
you should learn what "dithering" means.
Tyler

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