I just saw a posting by Mark Williford on his Prorental group in which he stated that "Epson paper allows for 21 shades of grey to be printed but that the Epson driver turns the darkest 5 shades black" - he was arguing that a RIP allows one to linearize the printer and thus get the full range.
I use an 1160 profiled by the very wonderful Mr.Holm and print my Digital Aim Prints straight from Photoshop using his instructions and profile and I'm very pleased with the results. I was under the impression that a RIP would only really be of use to me if I wanted to go via a Postscript program like Quark to print images and layouts. However Mark's comments suggest that going through a RIP will actually produce better results overall than using the Epson driver. Is this true or is it simply another example of vested interest (I would guess he sells RIP's!). I suspect the answer is simple: my profile from Thomas has, in effect, linearised my printer but being a colour management dunce I'm now not sure!? Anybody (Thomas/Neil?) care to comment? Cheers, Alan -- Alan Russell ZED Photography Bristol +44 (0)117 9420977 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
