Digital BW, The Print

I have to counter this in every way, for quads StudioPrint is
spectacular. I'm using it with a 9600 and Cone inks. None of the
settings you mention below are correct, so it's no wonder you had
disapointing results. Ultra Micro is only relevent to 2880 printing,
the variable settings are not used for quads. Stochastic screening is
amazing.
I briefly printed some color things while waiting for quad carts with
the supplied environments and profiles, also excellent, with special
Epson screening available for the special 7600 and 9600 drivers for color.
My results are very different from yours, it's a complex piece of
software and settings need to be nailed down. Ergosoft people are very
accesable to help with all of this as well.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Baumbach"
<info@p...> wrote:
> 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