Digital BW, The Print

Barry,

>you kind of lost me on this one!
>Which driver sliders are you refering to? The Epson
>print driver?

Yes, the Epson printer driver sliders do a good job for medium-range
adjustments.  One of the goals here is to open up B&W to people who don't
have Photoshop and don't want to spend the $ it takes to get onto the PS
train.  Also, I suspect many doing layouts in other applications might like
to have a B&W inkset available that they can use.  Even Word could be used
for a rather archival layout and B&W printing job.

> You say it's time to break Photoshop monopoly, but then you go on to
>say using curves is the way to go.

The curves allow more radical and varied control.  For example, I'm
measuring an occasional 0.01 wiggle in the tone that the sliders can't
correct.  I don't think these are significant enough for most to care about,
but with the PS curves they could be dealt with.

>How would this approach work in a 3000

This approach is only for modern hextones (and maybe the 2200/2100).

> or a 2200 with the  UT inks?

I don't have a 2200, so I'm not sure how it'll work.  I suspect with at most
minor changes it'll work fine.

>... I  have a 3000 with FSN inks and I am looking for
>a way to improve that, any suggestions?

I had worked up an Eboni-based, Piezo-compatible inkset that I thought would
be aimed at the older printers.  However, some tests indicate Eboni may not
be the way to go.  I'll have more on this soon.  (These new carbon pigs like
to separate.  PiezoTone selenium is having these problems also, apparently.
The complexity of the 2200 interior also hints at the issues.)

So, right now, I'm not sure there is a good replacement for FS-N.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> OK, now for something entirely different.
>
> I have been printing (on the 1280) and controlling a variable-tone inkset
> from a grayscale file -- in Word!
>
> It's time to break Photoshop's monopoly.
>
> Well, the reality is that the driver sliders can control this dual-toner
> inkset over a range from quite warm to selenium/neutral and cooler.
> However, with Photoshop curves the inkset goes all the way to sepia.  So,
it
> can be something a novice can print without having to buy PS, or we can
use
> different curves to do a broader range, split-tones, and whatever
profiling.
>
> I think this approach could be big.
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com



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