Digital BW, The Print

The big difference between the Pro printers and the 2200 is that the
Pro printers do all the microweave (anti-banding code) in the printer
so you get Epson's version of that code.  In the desktop printers the
driver in the computer does micorweave so every driver/RIP will be doing it
differently.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Antonis" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> thanks for sharing that. I wonder why the 2200 would have these problems 
> when the large machine works fine. 
> Didn't the 8-pass slow things down too much?
> 
> Antonis
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Smith 
> <photosmith@v...> wrote:
> >  I have recently down loaded the trial version of the color burst rip and
> > similar problems with banding on grayscale images on the 2200. The grayscale
> > images printed on the 9600 were some of the best I have ever seen. Color on
> > both machines exhibited banding in the shadows until I set the printer to
> > its highest rez ( 8 passes ) it then went away and looked very good. I
> > couldn't get rid of the banding for gray scale on the 2200 but I am very
> > impressed with the performance of the 9600.
> > 
> > Steve Smith
> > 
> > 
> > > Sanders,
> > > 
> > > why not download the free demo from
> > > 
> > > http://www.colorburstrip.com/
> > > 
> > > and give it a test drive.
> > > 
> > > I really haven't tested enough to make final pronouncements but my initial
> > > finds are 
> > > as follows:
> > > 
> > > - the grayscale support means better cmyk profiles for neutral prints from
> > > grayscale 
> > > files. I prefer partitioned workflows (where inks are assigned start/stop
> > > positions 
> > > along the gray scale)  , but could live with 6- or 7-channel  multichannel
> > > files if that's 
> > > what it took.  This isn't how CBurst works, and I haven't looked further to
> > > see how a 
> > > custom grayscale profile could be made.
> > > 
> > > - I printed a gray scale on a 2200 using the profiles that ship with the
> > > current release, 
> > > and while the gray hue was fine, there was unacceptable banding (some kind 
of
> > > herringbone, not the kind that indicates bad nozzles). Yet, the printer had
> > > good clean 
> > > nozzle checks, the heads were recently aligned and the problem did not recurr
> > > when I 
> > > printed either through the Epson driver or OPM.
> > > That to me was a deal-breaker. i didn't pursue tests any further but I hope
> > > others try 
> > > the demo so we can compare notes.
> > > 
> > > - I also briefly checked color printing and found shadows not open enough 
and
> > > a 
> > > funny dither (looking like fine vertical lines) that I wasn't crazy about. But
> > > I know this 
> > > part is completely subjective and a new profile could deal with shadow detail
> > > better.
> > > 
> > > -Installing it on a G3 iBook (640 MB RAM) it was way slow for postscript. But
> > > then, the 
> > > min requirements call for a G4. As an RGB or grayscale printer, speeds were
> > > decent 
> > > for a G3/ jaguar.
> > > 
> > > It would be nice to see  a grayscale-capable, full scale RIP (like
> > > StudioPrint) for OS X.
> > > I wonder what others may have to say about this release (2.2) of Colorburst.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Antonis
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, sandersm@a... wrote:
> > >> > I went back through the archives to see if anyone besides Robbe was using
> > >> the 
> > >> > Colorbust RIP and couldn't find any references to it.   Does anyone on the
> > >> > list have any experience with it?   Any thoughts, observations?   I notice
> > >> that 
> > >> > its most recent revision for Macs, v2.2, came with release notes that cited
> > >> > improved grayscale printing as a feature of the revision.
> > >> > 
> > >> > Sanders McNew
> > >> > www.mcnew.net
> > >> > 
> > >> > 
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