Digital BW, The Print

Hi Perry,

This is Peter from Pittsburgh (not to be confused with the other 
Peter who responded to your post earlier). I've been using IJC/OPM 
with great success on my Epson 1280 for about six months now. 

When I decided I needed more control over the profiling of my output 
device than I could get from the PiezoBW ICC/iQuads system, I went 
searching for a solution. I definitely wanted to continue using my 
existing papers and especially the Piezotone Warm Neutral ink. I 
also wanted the ability to do the profiling in-house rather than 
rely on a third party. I considered moving up to a larger format 
printer and a high-end RIP but then realized I could achieve the 
results I wanted with my existing printer and either QTR or IJC/OPM. 
My final decision came down to ease of installation and ease of use. 
IJC/OPM has a very elegant and intuitive user interface. 

Anyway, here are some observations:

1.  I use an X-Rite 810 densitometer for the linerization process. 
It works exactly as expected. I have no experience with using the 
scanner-based linerization method.

2.  When I printed out the Test Patches target, I used a loupe to 
identify the "dottiness" characteristics of each ink position. Then 
I used an existing Piezotone profile and modified it to a) minimize 
the appearance of dots in the 70-90% range and b) to more closely 
match the Aims. I'm not entirely sure this last part was necessary 
since the software automatically creates a linearized profile, but I 
figured the closer I could get my curves, the less adjustment would 
be required by the software so it seemed like a good idea.

3.  I've been using some form of B&W digital printing technology for 
3-4 years now. When I switched to IJC/OPM, my days of continual 
fiddling were over. Now I just print.

Regards,
Peter.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pjmcneal" 
<pjmcneal@m...> wrote:
> 
> I have been reading the posts in this forum for a year but have 
heard
> very little about the IJC/OPM software.  Is anyone using this on a
> 1280 or other Epson printer?  Is it easy to install and run?  Are 
you
> happy with the result?  Any input would be most appreciated?
> 
> Perry