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Re: [Digital BW] Disappointed with MIS-VM and Epson 1280

Re: [Digital BW] Disappointed with MIS-VM and Epson 1280

2003-02-22 by Jerry Olson

The problems with the MIS one that I
> see are:
> - I can see dots in the darker tones a couple of steps up from black 
> (around 13 on the Q-13) even without a loupe.  Going back to the 
> step-wedge, you can see the dots there too.

Are you using a paul roark curve? You'll get the dots without one.

> - the Lyson print is sharper

They should be identical

> - the lyson print seems to be more continuous-tone.  When compared to the 
> Lyson, the MIS print seems to be posterized.  

You should be using a roark curve and printing from a RGB File.

> I could just buy the Lyson inkset for the 1280, but I'd like to have an 
> archival print.  Also, my impression from reading here was that the MIS 
> results would be superior to the Lyson results.

They are. Maybe one of the many settings you have to use is set wrong.

Post ALL of your settings.

Jerry
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> Anyone have any suggestions for what I'm doing wrong?
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> Thanks,
> Keith Douglas
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