Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:

> The left side shows the 2200's characteristic squiggle pattern.  
The
> 4000 pattern is more evenly distributed. 
> 
> Also notice in the dark area some faint vertical dither banding in 
the
> 2200 which is absent in the 4000.
> 
>    http://www.cjcom.net/files/BO4000-2.jpg
> 
> Thank you Carl for providing these scans.

WOW!   That's pretty impressive.  What's maddening about this is 
that I used to write inkjet printer drivers for a living years ago 
when I worked for a Unix workstation company.   Changing the dither 
pattern probably involves about 5 lines of C/C++ code, if they did 
it right.   But will Epson release an improved driver for the 2200?  
Nooooo.   If we want those five lines of code we have to trade up to 
an $1800 printer.