Digital BW, The Print

John,

I have been using the Harrington QuadToneRIP on a Mac (OS X / Gimp Print)
with my Epson 1160 printer and "old" VM inks. Absolutely beautiful results.
The only two things that I've really noticed compared to my former
workflow--OS 9.2 and Roark curves--is the following:

1. The range of "color" using the Harrington curves is not as wide as Paul's
curves. That is, using Paul's curves one can produce very cold basically
blue prints to very warm brown (the natural warm color of the pigment inks)
prints, whereas the Harrington curves produce prints from what I'd call dead
neutral (say half way between Paul's nc curve and the next warmer curve) to
very warm brown (same as Paul's warmest curve.)

2. Prints take about twice as long to print. I'm sure this has everything to
do with the Gimp drivers and nothing to do with the QuadToneRIP, but just
thought I'd mention it. If you think Epson printers are slow using Epson
drivers, you ain't seen nuttin' yet! Speed of printing is not an issue for
me, but certainly would be for anyone in a production (or close to it)
environment. For example, printed an A3 size quad the other day...40
minutes!

Realizing this info has nothing to do with the new VM 4.3 inks or the 7500,
but hope you find it somewhat useful.

Alan Huntley

----- Original Message -----
From: "mr_misty_44" <jharvey@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 5:25 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Harrington QuadTone RIP


> I'd love to hear some comments about this system from those who have
> been using it. Have any of you tried this system with the new VM 4.3
> ink set from MIS with a 7500 or 1160.
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>                  John H
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