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Re: [Digital BW] 1270 not recommended for UT2

2004-03-23 by Roy Harrington

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Opus,
> 
> >I read on your website that the 1270 is not recommended for glossy
> >printing.    Is it because of the fact that it cannot print at 
> >2880dpi or some other reason?  ...
> 
> The output I saw from a 1270 on glossy even at 1440 was not as good as that
> from the 1280 at 1440.  The matte output looked fine, but I thought the
> glossy output was just too rough.  I suspect Epson improved the dither
> pattern between the 2 printers.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com

I got good results on the 1270 with UT2 using QuadToneRIP.  I did both
matte and glossy paper profiles, but I don't use glossy very much.

Roy

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