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Re: 2880dpi

2008-02-26 by c1asia

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Kathleen Duxbury" <kd@...> wrote:
>
> Roy & Richard, 
> This is also something that that I too would like to understand 
> better.  
> Just this week I've started using the Piezography K7 Selenium inks 
> with the Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper on an Epson 2200.
>   Tests with 1440 super and 2880, on close inspection, did show 
more 
> detail in the highlights with the 2880.
> Because of the number of prints I need at this time and the $$ of 
> ink I chose to use the 1440 super setting.
>   For future use would you make suggestions as to INK LIMITS, how 
> would I know what adjustments, settings to make? 
> 
> Thank you and best regards.
> Kathleen    
> 

i've read somewhere that one advantage to 2880 is a higher dmax with 
more ink in the shadow areas.  don't know if that principle only 
applies to certain papers and inks and if piezo k7 selenium would 
respond or not but it sounds like a reasonable hypothesis.  you just 
need to do some testing, i guess.

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