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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Re: Finetuning the 3800
2008-09-03 by steveabrink
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