Re: [Digital BW] which driver - PiezoBW or Epson - to use with MIS FS?
2001-11-29 by Tim Mimpriss
<< My impression is that to use the 2160-dpi PiezoBW driver without banding, you have to have a printer which can be precisely aligned. I think it was said on the PiezoBW list that about five out of every six Epsons could be so qualified. And that a new printer which could not should be returned in hopes of getting one that could. But I assume the lower-dpi Epson driver is less demanding. And that this is an argument for printing the MIS FS inks through the Epson driver? >> Yes, it is true that the Piezo driver requires a very well aligned printer. The problems appear in areas of smooth tone. Try printing squares of 50% and 100% black. I now print with Cone ink through the standard Epson driver using a simple transfer curve. I think that the shadows are denser but still detailed. << I think I've also heard on this list or the PiezoBW list that the PiezoBW drivers run much faster than the Epson drivers do, both on a Mac and on WinTel machines, which surely would be an argument for printing the MIS FS inks through the PiezoBW driver. Is it true that the PiezoBW driver is faster? Enough to matter? >> Again yes, the Piezo driver is faster, possibly twice as fast but I have not timed it. But for me the quality issue is the important one. Tim -- Tim Mimpriss