Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> We don't have the 1290 in the U.S., and the 1280 has a 
different driver.
> So, there are no curves for the 1290 yet.  Bernd 
(" Ruhrfoto/Bernd L."
> <ruhrfoto@y...>) was running a 1290 with a PC and using the 
1280 driver.  He
> is probably the one you want to contact to see where he's at 
now with the
> 1290.

> Paul

Paul, Bernhard,
under Windows ME it was possible to run the 1290 with the 1280 
driver. Using Paul´s curves. I got prints in "piezo-quality" (16 bit 
file, 2880dpi printing possible).
Meanwhile I switched to WinXP. Now I can´t run the 1290 with an 
1280 driver any longer. As there is no German 1290 WinXP driver 
available yet,  I downloaded an English 1290 WinXP driver from 
the   www.Epson.co.uk   site. 
this combo works, but my 1290 prints became rather flat now 
and with my old monitor settings I have no WYSIWIP any longer. 
Have to calibrate the system again (using a custom dot gain 
curve), but have not finished it so far. So my results are 
preliminary.
Bernd
PS:
Bernhard, if you buy an 1290 with MIS VM HEX there will probably 
be no need for an 1160 with MIS FS any longer.