Digital BW, The Print

I found that the "vivid" setting worked best for the 3000 also.  It may not
be the best for other printers.

In general, I've written the curves for the "automatic" setting on the
smaller desktop units.  Curves that were balanced for that setting will not
produce good grayscale ramps with the "vivid" setting.

I can't tell from the Epson materials exactly what these setting do.  I
originally thought that "automatic" would be best because the Epson
materials I found indicated that "automatic" gave the best control or most
accurate translation of the file to the print.  As a practical matter,
however, I can't really see any difference in terms of ability to control
the printer with the Photoshop curves.  So, the other differences -- even a
dither difference, apparently -- seems to be the main differences for at
least the larger printers.

I've also notice that on some printers the curves needed to control the
inkset are less "radical" with one setting or the other.  In general, the
less radical, straighter curves are less likely to result in unwanted
artifacts.  With the 3000, for example, a very steep slope seems to cause
more dots than does darker ink in the light tones.  Getting these nice, mild
slopes is one reason I prefer the 6-ink printers.  The curves needed to
control the inkset are relatively straight, and this seems to result in
fewer humps in the ramp and other undesirable printer artifacts.

Paul
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Michael J. Kravit [mailto:kravit@...]
  Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 3:41 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:Epson 7000 droplet size


  Martin,

  Under;

  Print/Setup/Properties/Custom/Advanced/

  Set Mode=Vivid.
  Do not use Photoenhance4

  Mike
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: mwesley250@...
    To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 5:24 PM
    Subject: [Digital BW] Re:Epson 7000 droplet size


    Michael,

    That is some very exciting news!

    Is the "Vivid" setting any relation to the Vivid that shows up in the
    Epson 1270 drive when you choose Custom>PhotoEnhance4? Is there
    something similar in the 1280 driver? Or is the "Vivid" just an
    option on the 7000?




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