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Re: Finetuning the 3800

2008-09-03 by steveabrink

Eric's site for 3800 info is top notch. You may also want to try QTR 
in addition to ABW... 1 Yes, 2 Yes, 3 Yes, but you can also use 240 
ppi.  PhotoZoomPro w/ it's spline interpolation technology is the 
best I know of.  Have fun!  
Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Igor Wesdorp" 
<iwesdorp@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I've just bought me a Epson 3800 that I want to use mostly for B&W
> printing (so I guess I will use the ABW driver).
> But prior to printing I did a lot of reading on www. On the site of
> Eric Chan, dedicated to this printer, I found some recommendations
> that I would like to have your opinion on. These are:
> 
> 1) The "Finest detail" setting is for vector graphics. For
> Photographs you'd better turn it off.
> 
> 2) Print Quality setting: choose 2880 dpi for reflective papers
> (i.e., papers that use Photo Black, such as glossy, luster, and
> semigloss papers) and 1440 dpi for matte papers (i.e., papers that 
use
> Matte Black).
> 
> 3) Before you print, you should resample your photograph in 
Photoshop
> to the native printer driver resolution of 360 pixels/inch (ppi). Or
> when you use the "Finest detail" setting, resample to 720 
pixels/inch
> (ppi). If you don't the driver will interpolate for you!
> 
> 
> Do you agree with the above?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Igor
> Holland
>

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