Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Sam A. McCandless" 
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> >[snip] For Quadtone printing (Cone inks or MIS FS) I 
recommend the 
> >Cone driver. So far I did no Hexatone printing with Cone inks 
and 
> >driver .  I don´t miss it, because MIS Variable MIX Hexatone 
> >printing at 2880 dpi is as dotless and smooth as 
Quadtone-Piezo, so 
> >in this case the Cone driver is no must.
> >B.
> 
> Is there however a price to be paid in terms of time to print? 
> PiezoBW driver (at 2160?) vs. Epson1280/90 at 2880? I think 
I've seen 
> it said that the Cone driver is appreciably faster? Perhaps that 
was 
> in the quadtone case, I'm curious about it too.
> 
> Sam McCandless  <samcc@v...>


Sam,
I´ve got the feeling that you know much more than you show.
Anyway, you´re right of course.
The Cone driver on the 1160 is much quicker than the  Epson 
driver on the 1290 with 2880 dpi (which are not absolutely 
necessary, 1440 are enough). 
If you know the speed of the updated Cone driver for the 3000 - 
you have an impression.......it is raaaaaather sloooooo.....w.
Bernd