Digital BW, The Print

Tyler is 100% correct in his assessment of all this. All of the old
Epson printers from the 3000 on are quite capable of making prints
anyone could be proud of.
As Greg suggests the devil is indeed in the details but when is that
not the case. Plug and play on the highest levels is non-existent in
MHO irrespective of the printers age.
If one takes a close look at some of the characteristics of these
printers and their drivers over the years, it becomes clear that the
newest ones aren't necessarily always using the latest and greatest
features when you assume they would be. I've been working with my old
7000 with custom ink sets(color) over the last couple of summers. The
need for a RIP led me to look at the Gutenprint software( Yes Greg.I
know commercial folks aren't and wouldn't be interested in such a
solution.). A lot of information has gone through this leaky old brain
during the course of this and there were some surprises about the
printers operations. In an effort to puzzle out how to effectively use
Gutenprint, I've haunted some of the developer threads around and
about for it.If one really wants to be educated on the under the hood
aspects of these printers, check out the ruminations of the people
writing the software. There is a good deal more to it than smaller dot
sizes and finer steps.

Regards
Duane




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
<tyler@...> wrote:
>
> I want to make sure the positive aspects of pursuing this printer and
> other x000-x500s, are not thrown off track here.
> Tyler
>