Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone been able to get prints on a Mac with a 1280 and the Epson
driver? I'm trying to use VM inks and I downloaded Paul's curves from
the MIS web site and followed (I think) the intructions. Severe
posterization. Tried playing with Tyler's curves. Ditto. I searched
the archives here and see that people are working on new curves and
that others have had this problem in the past (with no solutions).

Am I correct to assume that this is still up in the air or is there
something else I should try? I'm using EAM and Photo Rag, VM inkset
(also have FS), the Epson 1280 and Photoshop 7.

I'd love to make a decent print....help!

--Darin

I get pretty good prints using Tyler's curves on my mac.

I did have some posterization problems for a while using Paul's
curves. I also had a problem with a bad batch of ink - are you using
carts or bulk inks? 

And are you using OSX or OS9? It seems to be a little harder to use
Paul's curves with the OSX driver, as there is no "automatic" mode.
(Though the "photo realistic" mode works ok)

Do you get good stepwedges?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "darinb20855" <darinb@a...>
wrote:

> Has anyone been able to get prints on a Mac with a 1280 and the Epson
> driver? I'm trying to use VM inks and I downloaded Paul's curves from
> the MIS web site and followed (I think) the intructions. Severe
> posterization. Tried playing with Tyler's curves. Ditto. I searched
> the archives here and see that people are working on new curves and
> that others have had this problem in the past (with no solutions).
> 
> Am I correct to assume that this is still up in the air or is there
> something else I should try? I'm using EAM and Photo Rag, VM inkset
> (also have FS), the Epson 1280 and Photoshop 7.
> 
> I'd love to make a decent print....help!
> 
> --Darin