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Advantage to use Qimage rather than ABW with an Epson 3800?

2008-10-12 by Jean-Marc Humbert

Hi,

I print with an Epson 3800 almost only B&W pics.

Use for that the ABW Epson driver option (option: dark) (with a 51
gray step .icc profile through Datacolour spectro, such profile being
applied with PS CS3 when I come to print and proof setup) on
Hahnemuhle Fine Art Peal and Fine Art Baryta (the latest being on the
top with brilliant darks).

I read very positive opinions on Qimage (in particular for upsizing
the prints with a very high dpi ratio).

What would be the advantages to switch to Qimage instead of using the
profiled Epson ABW driver as I do? (for upsizing I go with the addon
Alien Skin Blow Up). I print on A3+ and A2 papers. Is it possible to
keep ABW option and B&W profiling with Qimage (I downloaded the demo
Qimage, put it seems very confusing)

Thank you for the input!

Jean-Marc Humbert
Paris, France

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