Digital BW, The Print

Hello Steve,

>You mentioned that you are using the LIGHT setting in the ABW 
>driver.  Me too.  I can't understand how come Epson have 
>selected their DARKER setting as the default.  

Well, I guess it isn't the first mysterious thing Epson has done <g>.
How about why did they put BO in the 2200 and not in the 2100?



>For me and my setup (on a 4800) it blocks up the shadows far too 
>much with little separation.  I had been wondering if there is 
>something in my own setup forcing me to go have to go with the 
>LIGHT setting, but I now think perhaps it's simply that I want 
>more separation in the shadows...

It's easy to see it at work, just print a step wedge at each of the 5
settings.  The dark end steps get more compressed as the setting gets
darker.  It's pretty severe at "Darker" and "Darkest".  Who knows what
Epson was thinking...



>I noticed from a previous post that you (was it you?) would like 
>decimal setting for even greater control.  I don't think I'm that
>discriminating!

Yes, I confess.  What happened was I was trying to avoid some
coloration at a particular setting.  At one setting it was too
magenta-ish, and when I moved it 1 point it was too greenish.  I
danced all around the spot, trying various h/v combinations, and never
did get what I wanted, and found myself wanting fractional values. 
This kind of thing has happened several times.  I know I'm being
overly picky on this.  Over all I'm very happy with the 2400.


Regards,
Clayton


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