Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

To quote one line of a message that had 6 of them and add about
30 lines that circle around the facts has nothing to do with
netiquette but more with demagogy. The messages were:

> Hi,
> can anybody who is well experienced with tis rip answer
following
> questions:
> Is it possible to obtain a dead neutral grayscale with gen4
inks on
> an epson 9000?
> How does this rip compare tp imageprint due to black and white
> loaded with gen4?
> Thanks in advance.
> Bernard

There's no chance that you will get dead neutral grayscales with
the Generations 4 CcMmYK inkset. Not on a 9000 or any other 6
color printer with that droplet size and resolution. Not with the
Epson driver, ImagePrint or any other RIP. There's a limit on the
black generation when no extra grey ink is available and the
droplet size is too coarse for the same task. Metamerism is too
high if compared to quad sets. I've both inksets in 9000s and a
RIP that allows me as much control as ImagePrint and PosterPrint
have.

Ernst

On that you can answer: Yes it is possible or what you have
written:


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roberteversole" <ergosoftus@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Posterprint Rip question


> Sorry for the delayed result.  I was busy over the weekend
lowering my skin's L* value.
>
> I don't know if I can agree with such a blanket statement
considering there is no first-
> hand experience with the software in question as originally
requested.
>
> "No chance" would be more like expecting beautiful color from
quad blacks than dead
> nuetral with CcMmYK.  If it can be done with the UC inkset with
its very brown black,
> it can be done with inksets that have other limitations as
well.  How that applies here
> is unknown at this point.
>
> ErgoSoft, ColorByte and Wasatch are all three very different.
Just because a feature is
> present (or not in some cases) doesn't mean it works the same
or provides exactly the
> same results.  These differences in philosophy are the key
difference between
> ImagePrint and StudioPrint that allows the two products to
coexist in the
> photographic marketplace so effectively.  The fundamental
philosophies and
> methodologies are very different.  Where they may appear to be
the same, they are
> not as is the case with ErgoSoft and Wasatch RIPs.  The
features may look exactly the
> same but they are not.
>
> It may very well be too difficult or impossible to achieve the
desired result with this
> inkset but I would suggest going through the evaluation process
objectively as
> opposed to making or accepting a global assumption, however
well intented.  Until
> it's scientifically verified, it's not fact but theory.  At
this point, the "no chance"
> statement is theory until proven otherwise.
>
> To drive a point home before I start a flame throwing war: It
may very well be too
> difficult or impossible to achieve the desired result with this
inkset but I would
> suggest going through the evaluation process objectively.
>
> I'm not so arrogant as to say that StudioPrint is the one
single product for every
> scenario and every user.  That's exactly why we have such a
liberal evaluation policy,
> so you can make an informed decision based upon the facts as
they apply specifically
> to you.  You can decide yourself without having to sift through
opinion, assumption
> and theory.
>
> Thanks for the podium,
>
> Robert
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> ErgoSoft U. S. LLC
>
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