Digital BW, The Print

Concerning: My previous message: "EPSON 2100 good with OS9, really bad with OS"

I am living in the Netherlands and own the Epson 2100 (European equivalent of 2200).

 On August 10 -2003 I downloaded the new Epson 2100 driver for OSX from the Dutch site.
	It was called: SP2100_16a.pkg 
	(dated march 2003)

I just checked at the same site and saw they now have a new  SP2100_16b.pkg 
	(dated april 2003)

After installing and testing this be version here are the results:
- The microbanding has disappeared :-)
- The 2880 dpi prints are as smooth now as they were with OS9
- The custom paper sizes still do not work

I am really glad I can now achieve the same quality in OSX compared to OS9  at 2880 dpi.
Hopefully the custom paper size issue will be solved (probably in the -16c version;-)
It is a real pity that Epson does not communicate about these problems in old and improvements in new versions.
You just have to find out for yourself by coincidence!

But it seams I finally can stop using OS9 and only run OSX....
And to Scott:  Yes.......I am a happy Mac user, just installed the Apple 23" HD Cinema display. Just great!

Best regards,

Jo Brunenberg


DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,Internet writes:
> Jo,
>Are you using the driver which can be downloaded from epson's site at 
>[ http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp? ]http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?
>BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=14402&infoType=Downloads 
>I'm not sure the whole address fit up there, so it's epson's site 
>under downloads, driver for the OS X, dated May of this year. 
>I'm very curious to know, because I'm strongly considering getting a 
>Mac (I use a PC now) but I've been told by another friend that the 
>2200 does not work in OS X.
>Scott
>
>
>
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jo Brunenberg" 
><jo.brunenberg@r...> wrote:
>> Re: EPSON 2100 good with OS9, really bad with OSX
>> 
>> Extensive testing of Epson 2100 with OS 9 and OSX proves:
>> 
>> Exept that custom paper sizes cannot be used under OSX there are 
>also serious quality problems with OSX when printing with the Epson 
>driver at 2880 dpi.
>> 
>> Prints of RGB test target 2.88 with identical driver settings show:
>> 
>> - Under OS 9 the 2880 dpi print is very smooth
>> - Under OSX the 2880 dpi print shows numerous eneven fine line 
>patterns (microbanding) especially in the lighter tones.
>> - An RGB tint (very light grey) of R242 G242 B242 is very smooth 
>with OS 9 but almost dissapears and is uneven with OSX. 
>> - The print quality at 2880 dpi with Epsons printer driver on OSX  
>is really UNACCEPTABLE!
>> Is this a bug in OSX or in Epson's printerdriver for OSX ?
>> 
>> Any solutions?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Jo Brunenberg
>> www.jobrunenberg.com
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