Digital BW, The Print

Chris,

I have Piezo inks and software on a 1200 and MIS VM inks with Paul 
Roark's curves on a 1280. I do not see any difference in sharpness 
between the two with the 1280 printing at 1440 or 2880.

I don't know enough about the Epson driver to know if it really drops 
all data above 360 or not. I am a bit skeptical in that there does 
seem to be a slight difference between a 360 and 720 file although 
not visible at normal viewing distances.

I have also seen output from an 1160 using Piezo and MIS FS with the 
Epson driver and cannot tell them apart.

Martin Wesley




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Chris Hargens" <ldmr@c...> 
wrote:
> In his comparison of prints made using the Piezo system with those 
> made using Epson drives and color inks, Michael Reichmann states 
> that "what's also much more obvious when looking directly at the 
> prints is that the Piezo prints show more detail. The Epson driver 
> can not take an input file of more than 360 DPI. Feed it a higher 
> resolution file and the data is discarded by the driver. A Piezo 
> driven printer can take a much higher resolution file, and make use 
> of it." Assuming that this is the case, then wouldn't the same 
> condition and result apply (perhaps to differing degrees) to all 
> inksets, including the various quadtone sets available, when used 
> with the Epson driver rather than the Piezo driver? I guess what 
I'm 
> wondering is just how much of a difference there is. And, yes, I'm 
> sitting on the fence, Epson 1160 in hand, trying to decide whether 
I 
> should fork over big bucks for Piezo software -- and run the risk 
of 
> my now out-of-production printer breaking down and then having to 
buy 
> _new_ software for the replacement printer, etc. -- or go with the 
> MIS VM inkset, sweat out the paper-profile limitations...