Digital BW, The Print

>I use a 1280 on my mac. I noticed that the most recent set of curves
>seem to be for the 1290 - are these compatible with the 1280 as well?

The 1290 curves will probably not work on the 1280 unless you use the 1290
driver.  Some have tried this, but not having a 1290 or 1280, I'm not sure
where that issue stands.

>Also - they use the "Photo Paper" setting, does this imply 2880 dpi,
>or should they still be printed with 1440?

The curves were written for 1440.  The Photo Paper setting, however does
open up the 2880 capability.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

For those who have used the 1290 dirver on the 1280, how much of a pain 
was it to fool the 1280 into using the 1290 driver, or was it just a 
matter of uninstalling the 1280 driver and installing the 1290 driver?

Thanks
Truman

Paul Roark wrote:

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>>I use a 1280 on my mac. I noticed that the most recent set of curves
>>seem to be for the 1290 - are these compatible with the 1280 as well?
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>
>The 1290 curves will probably not work on the 1280 unless you use the 1290
>driver.  Some have tried this, but not having a 1290 or 1280, I'm not sure
>where that issue stands.
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> For those who have used the 1290 dirver on the 1280, how much of a pain
> was it to fool the 1280 into using the 1290 driver, or was it just a
> matter of uninstalling the 1280 driver and installing the 1290 driver?

Why uninstall? Can't you just install a "new" printer with a different
driver.
Martin Glader

Well, despite all advice to the contrary, I decided to try the curves
anyway with the 1280 and 1280 driver (I don't know if it's possible to
use the 1290 driver on a mac, since it's all plug-n-play and
autosensing...) 

The results are _good_ - much much better than I had gotten using
Paul's 1280 (mac or pc) curves. No posterization, richer blacks,
generally just fantastic. Even better than I had been getting with the
Boley curves.

I have only tried the NC EAM and PR curves so far, so I can't speak to
the other tones yet.

I tried it - a fresh install on my laptop. But somehow the plug and play 
didn't detect a 1290 and the 1290 setup didn't recogonize the 1280 
hardware. So there needs to be some hacking around. So anyone have the 
secret?

Truman

Martin Glader wrote:

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>>For those who have used the 1290 dirver on the 1280, how much of a pain
>>was it to fool the 1280 into using the 1290 driver, or was it just a
>>matter of uninstalling the 1280 driver and installing the 1290 driver?
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>Why uninstall? Can't you just install a "new" printer with a different
>driver.
>Martin Glader
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No special hacking needed - after installing the 1290 "printer" 
(software/driver) go to the properties of the printer and under the 
Ports  tab, select the port (e.g. LPT1) to which the printer is 
connected.  This automatically sends 1290 print jobs to that 
port/printer.

I haven't seen any improvements in results printing on the 1280 with 
a 1290 driver.  I've used Paul Roark's 1290 curves on the 1280 and my 
wedges aren't any better (still get some lack of linearity in the 70-
85% area) than they were with the 1280 curves.   

Mundi


> I tried it - a fresh install on my laptop. But somehow the plug and 
play 
> didn't detect a 1290 and the 1290 setup didn't recogonize the 1280 
> hardware. So there needs to be some hacking around. So anyone have 
the 
> secret?
> 
> Truman
> 
> Martin Glader wrote:
> 

> >>For those who have used the 1290 dirver on the 1280, how much of 
a pain
> >>was it to fool the 1280 into using the 1290 driver, or was it 
just a
> >>matter of uninstalling the 1280 driver and installing the 1290 
driver?

> >Why uninstall? Can't you just install a "new" printer with a 
different

> >driver.
> >Martin Glader
> >

I managed to do it by copying the 1280 CD to my hard drive. Then I 
replaced the "drivers" and "monitor" folder of the 1280 with those of 
the 1290 and installed the printer as normal using the setup as normal - 
except from the hard drive. It stll thinks it's a  1280 and works fine.

I, however, didn't notice any difference on the step wedge using the 
1290 curves compaired to the 1280 curves on the website. In fact I found 
the "vmp-n3.acv" from the 1280 Neutral folder did a very nice job and 
the 1280 version 13 cuves did a nice job. But the 1290 curves on the 
1280 seem to be lacking in the back areas of the step wedge.

Cheers
Truman

mundavian wrote:

>No special hacking needed - after installing the 1290 "printer" 
>(software/driver) go to the properties of the printer and under the 
>Ports  tab, select the port (e.g. LPT1) to which the printer is 
>connected.  This automatically sends 1290 print jobs to that 
>port/printer.
>
>I haven't seen any improvements in results printing on the 1280 with 
>a 1290 driver.  I've used Paul Roark's 1290 curves on the 1280 and my 
>wedges aren't any better (still get some lack of linearity in the 70-
>85% area) than they were with the 1280 curves.   
>
>Mundi
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>
>  
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>>I tried it - a fresh install on my laptop. But somehow the plug and 
>>    
>>
>play 
>  
>
>>didn't detect a 1290 and the 1290 setup didn't recogonize the 1280 
>>hardware. So there needs to be some hacking around. So anyone have 
>>    
>>
>the 
>  
>
>>secret?
>>
>>Truman
>>
>>Martin Glader wrote:
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>  
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>>>>For those who have used the 1290 dirver on the 1280, how much of 
>>>>        
>>>>
>a pain
>  
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>>>>was it to fool the 1280 into using the 1290 driver, or was it 
>>>>        
>>>>
>just a
>  
>
>>>>matter of uninstalling the 1280 driver and installing the 1290 
>>>>        
>>>>
>driver?
>
>  
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>>>Why uninstall? Can't you just install a "new" printer with a 
>>>      
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>different
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>>>driver.
>>>Martin Glader
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