neil snape wrote: Neil,
Could you just clarify (from below) if there is a rip that you would suggest using with a desktop Epson, that is able to produce better output than the Epson driver... in terms of colour and fineness of detail (continuous tone). Do you think it would perform better than a profiled Epson and the Epson driver? Same questions but for an Epson 7600 printer... TIA, Mike > Some printers inkjet and even some photo-imaging rgb devices require rips to > format the data into bitmap streams. Most rips have a linearisation tool to > get the most out of the printable range of the media. Some rip's such as > ImagePrint offer a rgb and CMYK version. The rgb version extracts better > prints than the Epson driver can due to the pre-linearisation. and >Sort of. See above. The data can be in many source spaces and formats that >the interpreter rasterizes to bitmap. It doesn't have to be in CMYK. The >profiled and linearised state of a large gamut inkjet will very much exceed >the gamut of CMYK press. For example my HP 10PS running on BestColorProof >prints out a beautiful portfolio prints with the gamut unrestricted when not >using the reference press profile. The newer printers offer the best of both >worlds with a good rip, presentation prints, and proofing. >This is not to say that for photo printing that a rip is required. The >opposite rather. Yet good rips do offer more tools for those who need some >or all of the features that go a bit further. In any case both rgb and rip's >with custom drivers still have to come up with some better methods to fix >our inkjet concerns. Time will tell. and finally... >Sometimes I've seen files with text boxes that print erroneously yet print >on any rip. IF it's for occasional Postcript printing though, Gimp print >would probably fix it by printing through CUPS. Some fonts print cleaner >with a rip (as expected) yet for photo printing the rgb driver is usually >good enough. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
