Digital BW, The Print

Hi Roy,

> > Do you have any references that elaborate on this?
>
> www.cups.orgs has lots of documentation.  see the
> programmers manual for "cups raster data" and
> cups raster header.
>
> I just spent the last couple of weeks looking at these
> raster files and writing code to process them for quadtones.
> Yes, they are huge: 8x10 x 1440x720 x 3 (for RGB) is
> about 250MB.  Fortunately, they are processed on the
> fly so the total size is never there.
>
> gimp-print is one of systems that read these raster files
> and print to hundreds of printers.   See documentation at:
> gimp-print.sourceforge.net  --  this has dithering info as
> well.

Thanks for the info!  I'd like to see more about why they do it that way.
How have you found the dither, with respect to quality...compared to the
Epson?  Is this for single ink printers only, BTW?

Regards,

Austin