Digital BW, The Print

I use both piezo and MIS Hextone VM inks. I find absolutely no
difference in quality between the two systems. 

Epson printers can use more than 360 DPI. This is easily proven by
making a text document, using small text. Print it at 240, 300, 360, 420
DPI. I can see that 420 produces sharper text than any of the other
settings. If you have an extremely sharp image, you can see the
difference between 420 and 360 DPI. It is VERY small, but there.

Jerry



Chris Hargens wrote:
> 
> In his comparison of prints made using the Piezo system with those
> made using Epson drives and color inks, Michael Reichmann states
> that "what's also much more obvious when looking directly at the
> prints is that the Piezo prints show more detail. The Epson driver
> can not take an input file of more than 360 DPI. Feed it a higher
> resolution file and the data is discarded by the driver. A Piezo
> driven printer can take a much higher resolution file, and make use
> of it." Assuming that this is the case, then wouldn't the same
> condition and result apply (perhaps to differing degrees) to all
> inksets, including the various quadtone sets available, when used
> with the Epson driver rather than the Piezo driver? I guess what I'm
> wondering is just how much of a difference there is. And, yes, I'm
> sitting on the fence, Epson 1160 in hand, trying to decide whether I
> should fork over big bucks for Piezo software -- and run the risk of
> my now out-of-production printer breaking down and then having to buy
> _new_ software for the replacement printer, etc. -- or go with the
> MIS VM inkset, sweat out the paper-profile limitations...
> 
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