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Re: printer limitations or etch undercut

2007-04-11 by Andrew

> Adam Seychell wrote:

> > Andrew wrote:
> > 
> > Does the Epson peizo print head have less
> > scatter of dots than the Canon Adam uses ?
> > Your photos of the 6/6 artwork certainly
> > look less jaggy than Adams.
>
> Unfortunately all inkjet printers seem to
> suffer the same problem. Since its invisible
> to the naked eye , printer manufactures are
> unlikely to bother improving it. All that is
> needed is to slow the print head by 10 times.
> You may wait 5 minutes for a printout, but
> who cares ?
> <SNIP>

Slow the print head down or make it do 12
passes (one for each bank).

Probably going to require major firmware
hacking for either method I think.

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