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Re: paper settings and ink volume

2006-05-31 by dlruckus

Olivier. Look at message #51245 on the B&W printing group. Roy
Harrington gave an answer to your question there some time ago. I
havn't seen anything more on it since that time.

Regards
Duane



--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Olivier" <odesmais@...> wrote:
>
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Graham" <gebilwil@> wrote:
> >
> > At least in the Epson driver, media type affects a ton of things,
> > including ink volume.  It is possible to puddle ink on the paper by
> > making the wrong choices (I did it once long ago).
> > 
> > and I would think that gloss might take less ink?  less absorbant? 
> > just guessing.  Anyway, I once heard that ink volume is highest at one
> > end of the media type pull down list and continuously decrease down
> > (or up) the pull down list.  Don't know if it is true or not, or which
> > direction it runs in.
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
> Yes, for the Epson driver it's quite clear. Where it is not is for QTR 
> that uses the Gimp print engine. I don't know if ink load is embedded 
> depending on paper choice in the drop-down box.
> 
> Olivier
>

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