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RE: [Digital BW] Piezography Review: Piezo v. Epson resolution

2001-10-10 by Austin Franklin

Yes, but that's printing with quad inks, right?  If so, then it is not the
same as printing with only black ink.  Perhaps that's our misunderstanding.
Are you using multiple inks, or one ink?  The Epson driver will print B&W
using only one ink, unless you are using color, which will print with
multiple inks.

The resolution should be the exact same no matter how many inks you use,
it's the amount of tonality you can represent with how many dots (in what
area) that is the difference.  With a single ink it takes more dots (area)
to represent a number of different shades, than with more different inks.

> Austin,
>
> I see no difference in the amount of detail or sharpness in prints
> using MIS VM with the Epson driver in side-by-side comparisons with
> Piezo. I see this in my own prints and in examples from others.
>
> Technically I agree with you that you mono-ink print resolution may
> not corespond to 4 or 6 ink system resolution.
>
> But regardless of the ins and outs of the drivers, the end results
> are equally excellent.
>
> Martin

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