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Re: [Digital BW] Best method for printing BW

2002-01-09 by Jerry Olson

No you'd always have dots using black ink only. Even on the 1280. Use
Error Diffusion, not dither. Yes, Paul's curves result in dotless prints.

Jerry



Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> > George,
> >
> > You cannot tell the difference in sharpness between a piezo print and an
> > epson driver print. Both are equally sharp, assuming you are printing at
> > 1440 DPI.
> >
> > Jerry
> 
> You mean using Paul Rourke's curves, not using just the black ink and the
> Epson dither...right?  Using only black ink and Epson dither yields large
> black dots, which are readily visible to the naked eye.  Piezo is virtually
> dotless, and I would assume the Rourke curve method is also.
> 
> Austin
> 
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