Digital BW, The Print

Recently I received an email update from Colorbyte Software.   
Daniel wrote that the new driver contained significant updates to 
the IP4 dither.

Well, I figured that this would be a typical upgrade. Boy was I 
wrong! The IP4 software had a dither that upon close inspection 
resembled a herringbone fabric pattern.  This pattern  all in all 
was not objectionable to me, but some people with excellent 
vision could see it without a loup. In addition, from time to time I 
would get an image that would have localized banding in the 
midtone areas of the print.

I installed the new driver and I almost jumped out of my chair. 
Visually and with a 4x loup I could see no dither pattern at all.  In 
fact, there were no dots either, only what looked like a fine film 
grain reminiscent of T-max 100.  

This is extremely good news, and to further add to my upbeat 
assessment, I printed two images that were problematic as they 
exhibited the midtone banding I described earlier. With the new 
driver and dither, there was no sign of the midtone banding at 
all.  All images were printed on EAM and BrightCube Eclipse 
Satine (Which is the past gave me the biggest problems).

The state of the art progresses.

Best regards to all,

Mike

Mike,

could you please mention which printer was the driver for as well as which 
inks?

Thanks

Antonis




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit" <mjkaia@k...> wrote:

With the new 

> driver and dither, there was no sign of the midtone banding at 
> all.  All images were printed on EAM and BrightCube Eclipse 
> Satine (Which is the past gave me the biggest problems).
> 
> The state of the art progresses.
> 
> Best regards to all,
> 
> Mike

Antonis,

The driver is for the Epson 7000. I am cuurently using MIS FS/FSN 
50/50 mix.

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "antonisphoto" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> could you please mention which printer was the driver for as well 
as which 
> inks?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Antonis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit" <mjkaia@k...> 
wrote:

> 
> With the new 
> > driver and dither, there was no sign of the midtone banding at 
> > all.  All images were printed on EAM and BrightCube Eclipse 
> > Satine (Which is the past gave me the biggest problems).
> > 
> > The state of the art progresses.
> > 
> > Best regards to all,
> > 
> > Mike

Mike,

so, you are not unloading the 7000 after all? Have you tried the PiezoTones 
with the new driver?


Antonis



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit" <mjkaia@k...> wrote:

> Antonis,
> 
> The driver is for the Epson 7000. I am cuurently using MIS FS/FSN 
> 50/50 mix.
> 
> Mike

I have been a user of the PiezoBW software with the original inks as 
well as the MIS FS ink set. I recently received an evaluation copy of 
Image Print. I print on an Epson 3000, which this software supports. 
I'm a bit puzzled over how to set it up to print B&W images though. 
There seems to be no mention of B&W in the PDF. Can anyone help me 
out? Secondly, I still have very little idea as to the cost of this 
software should I decide to purchase. Lastly, does anyone know if 
the "NEW" Dither is on the Demo disk, and if not, can I download it 
and incorporate it into the installed demo to test drive it before I 
decide yes or no to it.

                 John H

I would suggest calling Colorbyte tech support or emailing them at
main@....  Their tech support is excellent and very
responsive.  They will also be able to give you pricing info. You will have
to ask them about the dither...the "new" dither is the only one that I've
seen and I've been using the program (for the mac) for the last 6 weeks.

if the version that you received has BW support then you need to select a BW
profile under color management (e.g., ep3000_MISFS_paperetc.) and then when
you go to print hit the set up button and make sure that you have selected a
BW inkset.  You also should make sure that your file has an embedded profile
(preferably for Gamma 2.2) and that you are "applying" it (bitmap tab under
the color management menu item). My guess is that they have not made any BW
profiles for the 3000...but that's just a guess...most of the effort in BW
has been at the desktop printers and the 7000 because that's where the
interested customers have been.  Offering 3000 support should be trivial for
them...but its possible that the 3000 will not give great results because of
the large droplet size.  My guess would be that the piezoBW software will
give better results for the 3000...just like the piezo driver beats the
epson driver.

Robert

On 7/8/02 11:44 AM, "Mr_Misty_44" <jharvey@...> wrote:

> 
> 
> I have been a user of the PiezoBW software with the original inks as
> well as the MIS FS ink set. I recently received an evaluation copy of
> Image Print. I print on an Epson 3000, which this software supports.
> I'm a bit puzzled over how to set it up to print B&W images though.
> There seems to be no mention of B&W in the PDF. Can anyone help me
> out? Secondly, I still have very little idea as to the cost of this
> software should I decide to purchase. Lastly, does anyone know if
> the "NEW" Dither is on the Demo disk, and if not, can I download it
> and incorporate it into the installed demo to test drive it before I
> decide yes or no to it.
> 
>                John H
> 
> 
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