Digital BW, The Print

Folks,

I spent the evening printing images on my 1280 with the MIS VM inks 
and Pauls 1280 curves for the PC. I really have to say that the Epson 
driver really does do a great job. The curves Paul wrote need a bit 
of tweeking, but the overall print quality is excellent.

I sat with 20 prints from a previous 7000 exchange. These images are 
superb and most were done by professional photographers using the 
Piezo RIP. Guess what, the 1280 prints are for the most part just as 
sharp, have tonal transitions that are just as smooth and rival the 
7000 prints. 

Using the NC curve, it was very difficult to tell the 1280 print from 
the original silver print. I do not see any posterization or 
solarization in the midtones or shadows. With a 6x loupe I can tell 
you that the 7000 was a tad sharper but that is a very subjective 
call on my part and may be due to the Piezo dither.

I really must say that I would recommend the 1280 to anyone just 
getting into quadtone printing and can live with the 13x19 max size.

Mike