Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,   (originally posted on Piezo3000 group, seems like it may be useful
here)

Some time ago, I posted that I had an idea that the 1270 printer could be
made to work with the Piezography plugin, even though it is not technically
a supported printer.

We have now had the opportunity to test the theory.

There were a few caveats and warnings and disclaimers... not least of which
is that the idea is ours (MWORDS) alone and the printer remains unsupported
by ConeTech or ourselves. However, if this interests you, then please take a
look at a write-up of our full test results here:
www.mwords.co.uk/pages/FAQ/articlePiezoOn1270Test.htm

Frankly, the results were amazing!

Hope this helps,

Nij

Nigel Rheam
MWORDS Limited   www.mwords.co.uk   Digital Fine Art

Nij-

Thank you for the fine post. I posted a message a couple of days ago 
with a possible solution and I didn't credit you as the source from 
you email to me because I didn't know if that would embarrass you as 
a Piezo reseller. Since you have posted, it obviously doesn't and I 
complement you for taking the effort to try to help us extend the 
usefulness of our Piezo software.

I do have two questions on your website posting. You state that you 
used the 1290 driver and renamed it from 1270 to 1290. This confuses 
me, if you install the 1290/80 driver, it will read "Epson Stylus 
Photo 1280" but have a problem finding the printer. I simply renamed 
he existing 1270 driver and that seems to work for a decent print but 
is all over the page on positioning...any thoughts on that?

Secondly, you mention that you realigned for the Photo Rag paper. I'm 
wondering how important you think this is and if you are able to 
detect a misallignment with the Epson software before you align. This 
is pretty expensive if you bounce back and forth from paper to paper 
since you need a fresh sheet of the "new" paper to do the alignment 
check, don't you?

Thanks,

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@m...> wrote:
> Hi all,   (originally posted on Piezo3000 group, seems like it may 
be useful
> here)
> 
> Some time ago, I posted that I had an idea that the 1270 printer 
could be
> made to work with the Piezography plugin, even though it is not 
technically
> a supported printer.
> 
> We have now had the opportunity to test the theory.
> 
> There were a few caveats and warnings and disclaimers... not least 
of which
> is that the idea is ours (MWORDS) alone and the printer remains 
unsupported
> by ConeTech or ourselves. However, if this interests you, then 
please take a

> look at a write-up of our full test results here:
> www.mwords.co.uk/pages/FAQ/articlePiezoOn1270Test.htm
> 
> Frankly, the results were amazing!
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Nij
> 
> Nigel Rheam
> MWORDS Limited   www.mwords.co.uk   Digital Fine Art