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Re: BO 4000 Dither Pattern -- what about 2880 dpi w/ RC settings

2004-05-17 by brinkker2000

That's interesting...  If the 4000 makes very good BO prints at 1440 
dpi with matte settings, has anyone tried BO with RC settings at 2880 
dpi?
Thanks in advance.
Steve B 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson" 
<pnweb@s...> wrote:
> --- 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.

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