Digital BW, The Print

Austin,

I am comparing quad and hextone MIS to quad and hextome Piezo prints 
side by side and do not see any difference in quality.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
> 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