Digital BW, The Print

Austin,

I see no difference in the amount of detail or sharpness in prints 
using MIS VM with the Epson driver in side-by-side comparisons with 
Piezo. I see this in my own prints and in examples from others.

Technically I agree with you that you mono-ink print resolution may 
not corespond to 4 or 6 ink system resolution.

But regardless of the ins and outs of the drivers, the end results 
are equally excellent.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
> > (The Files section is at the following URL:
> >  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ .
> > Then go to the "Message Related Files" and see the "Piezo-Epson 
Resolution
> > Test.jpg" file.)
> 
> Can I have the original file you printed out?  Using solid black 
ink to test
> out a halftone system does not give you valid results, and any 
conclusions
> you draw from this can not necessarily be applied to a halftone 
image!
> 
> > Maybe someone else has a system that reacts differently, but on 
my 1160
> > Piezo is simply not sharper than Epson.
> 
> For an image that requires NO halftone!
> 
> I'm sorry, perhaps I'm not following the conversation, but this 
claim is
> just so silly.  I have a dozen or more images on my wall done with 
both the
> Epson halftone and the Piezo driver.  The Piezo system shows FAR 
FAR FAR
> more detail than the Epson halftone driver for these images.
> 
> The Epson halftone driver has to use only ONE ink to make the 
grayscales.
> The Piezo driver uses four.  It can, just on that alone, take up 
only 1/16th
> the area to make the same tone as the Epson driver.
> 
> I am just stunned, Paul, that you are saying what I believe you are 
saying.
> I am really hoping I just didn't follow the conversation, and I'm 
taking
> what you said out of context.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin