Digital BW, The Print

The answer will have to come from Roy. I don't know what the print driver does
with the media type information.

-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Wolfson [mailto:rw@...] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:56 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] QTR Media Type setting
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Scott Graham [mailto:gebilwil@...]
> > Try it and see. 
> 
> So far I have observed no effect. But between Stephen and 
> Roy, an authoritative answer ought to be available; the 
> control appears to be undocumented in QTRGui help.
> 
> > In the Epson driver, a lot more is changed than curves: ink
> > type in particular (matte or photo), 
> 
> Matte vs. Photo ink applies only to black, and then only if 
> both blacks are housed in the printer. At present, this means 
> the Epson 4000 only. And QTRGui has a separate control for 
> selecting photo vs. matte black.
> 
> > ink load,
> 
> Yes, which is what I meant by "curves" (internal to the Epson driver).
> 
> > feed suction, etc.
> 
> Suction is a feature of wide format printers only. Possibly 
> the "Media Type" setting in QTRGui controls this, but I don't 
> know. Which is why I asked.
> 
> > and the curves don't change at all unless you are using
> > printer color management (same as source in Print w/Previewe)
> > Scott
> 
> Perhaps you are referring to ICC profiles? The Epson driver 
> certainly changes ink loading (what I meant by "curves") as a 
> function of media type no matter what color management scheme 
> is in use. Of course, certain media settings are synonyms for 
> certain others in some printers.
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