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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson printer questions

2004-10-28 by Don Marcotte

Bob - An Epson rep at a camera conference in June stated that printing at higher than 1440 DPI was a waste of ink. You can't tell the difference was his point. 
 
Don

Bob Michaels <bob@...> wrote:

I can't tell any difference without a good loupe printing BO at 1440
and 2880 dpi with my 1280. I forget if Clayton prints 2880 or 1440. I
have one of his prints but am too lazy to dig it out 

don't know anything about the R800. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dean <dean@t...>
wrote:
> Hey again.
> 
> It is going to show soon, just how new to all this I am. Also, sorry to
> repeat stuff that I'm sure has been asked/answered before.
> 
> I just realised that Epson have a printer called the Epson Stylus Photo
> R800 (PX-G920 here in Japan). The new printer I just referred to in my
> previous post is obviously the A3 version of this.
> 
> I read in the archives that the R800 is no good for BO printing. Is this
> still correct? Have any ways to use it for BO printing been found?
> 
> Second question. On another site I note that the 2200 (& R800)
> specs are 600x600 dpi for black. What does this all mean when I read
> from Clayton Jones that he prints BO (on a 2200) at "SuperPhoto 2880
dpi"?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Dean Johnston



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