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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 4000 info

2003-10-21 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Carl Schofield [mailto:scho@...]
>
> "Professional Level Black & White Photographic Printing\ufffd
> Produces a truly consistent image with little color crossover or
> colorcasts
> Reduced metamerism on 7-color black & white prints
> Depending upon media, produces a black D-max up to 2.1
> Produces sellable quality neutral or toned black and white prints
> \ufffdAvailable only when using the Photographic Ink Mode (7-color Ink
> Configuration)"
>
> No details about how they achieve "reduced metamerism".

Perhaps they use more black and less color than, say, the 2200. They made a
similar change in the 2000P driver at one point, and it did indeed reduce
metamerism, at the expense of more grain.

What I'd like to know is if it does duotone prints. The 2200 doesn't.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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