Digital BW, The Print

Mike,

I have an opinion of it: forget StudioPrint ! 

I tested StudioPrint for a while and wasted tons of ink and papers 
with my new 7600. The "variable1" or "variable2" dot size settings 
seem responsible for a periodical vertical pattern that appears in 
dark areas like skies. The "ultra micro" dot size setting in 
combonation with 1440 dpi simply does not print correctly and shifts 
every new line a bit more. If you print color ramps you will easily 
see that the screening is much worse than with the Epson driver. 

For me the smoothness of tones and the screening of a Rip are of 
utmost importance. In both aspects StudioPrint is worse than the 
Epson driver and much worse than ImagePrint.

My 2 euro cents.
Peter

peter baumbach - fine art photography
http://www.pb-photo.net



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Botelho" 
<mfractl@h...> wrote:
> 
> As most of you are probably aware of by now, I'm deciding on my 
> printer/ink choices for my switch to digital.  On the subject of 
> RIPs, someone offered me a demo of ErgoSoft's StudioPrint RIP a 
short 
> time ago, so I have a copy of that sitting around for when I get a 
> printer, if it's compatible with my choices.  It's actually a fully 
> functional demo for 30 days, so I thought it'd be nice to try.  So, 
I 
> was wondering if anyone had tried StudioPrint, demo or otherwise, 
and 
> had any opinion of it?
> 
> Mike