Digital BW, The Print

Loring,


>I think word is the wrong choice (it too is expensive - and
>aimed at the office worker). Perhaps Photoshop Elements or another of
>the lesser graphic programs.

I just used that as an example.  The controls are totally within the Epson
driver.  So, any application should work.  Page-layout and other image
editors that don't support Photoshop curves is the real target.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 11:32  PM, Paul Roark 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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Loring Palleske
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