Digital BW, The Print

These are some good comments. I have used IP for nearly two years and I have
to say that the power and flexibility of the program slowly grows on you to
the point that none of the currently discussed concerns are so important. I
would admit that some users may not find the difference in quality
significant (especially with the newest printers and drivers.) However, IP
(once learned) gives the user a level of control over printing that I have
not found in any "over the counter" interface. Over time I have come to love
the ugly interface - it's not a pretty app without power or flexibility -
it's powerful and it embraces it's own ugliness. IP gives solid control over
the placement of images on the page (really useful on my 24" printer), I can
create any size or shape of page, place various images on the page, reprint
pages weeks later without redoing the setup (just move the queue back into
the active window) full control over color profiles and ink levels without
going into a page layout program that prefers a postscript printer or
assumes I am going to an offset press.

Wendel