Digital BW, The Print

John,

I agree that we shouldn't start a Mac vs PC type thing, but I recently migrated to the PC platform for all my digital imaging needs primarily for two reasons:

1. Lack of printer driver support for older Epson printers (like the 1160), and slow to realize full functionality driver support for newer printers (like the 2200) under OS X (10.2.8).

2. It seemed that quite a few of my essential imaging tools were/are available only for the PC platform.

Don't get me wrong...I love my Mac. I actually prefer, in general, the Mac user interface as compared to XP. And, it's a whole lot more fun to use! I know that Roy's QuadTone RIP provides quadtone printing functionality under OS X...I know that the Adobe's camera RAW plugin will allow me to convert my digital files (except for the Canon 10D; unless you patch it)...etc. These are not my preferred tools.

No matter...I have both, now, and can use whichever I deem most appropriate. FWIW.

Alan Huntley

> 
> From: "johngeyles" <jge@...>
> Date: 2003/10/09 Thu PM 03:00:55 EDT
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Photoshop
> 
> 
> > Anyway, I'm thinking of moving toward the PC for
> > digital imaging ...
> 
> At the risk of starting a Mac vs.PC holy war, are you nuts ?
> Switching FROM Mac TO PC ?
> 
> For example, a lot of the great free software for doing B&W inkjet
> printing (Quadtone RIP and OPM/IJC) only runs on Macs.
> 
> Maybe you have some other applications for which a PC makes more
> sense - that's entirely possible - but for imaging/photography
> it seems like a mistake to make that switch.
> 
> My two cents, John
> 
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