Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Tim, > > I believe the software is a plugin accessed through Photoshop. If you are > running Windoze, you shouldn't have a problem with PS7. > > steve It was the mention of Generations as well as Cone inks that prompted me to ask the question - Cone I could see, with the plug-in and their notoriously slow response time, but Generations or any other 3rd party ink is totally independent of PS version > 1. The chip that is put in some Epson printers has to > be bypassed (Epson may use this as protection from 3rd > party ink competition, or it may just be firmware that > they use for their own purposes that gets in the way > of the 3rd party manufacturers), although this is not > an issue with the 3000. A problem that has generally been solved with present generation printers (though maybe not the upcoming Epson 2200) - and doesn't really depend on PS version either. > 2. In any printer there are software based controls > for things like ink flow that packages like Photoshop > use to drive the printer properly. I gather than the > 3rd party inks have to be tweaked a bit vs. the > standard Epson inks. Absolutely, with any third party inks - though "tweak a bit" may be an understatement in some cases!! (okay, some inks and/or printers are easier than others...) Tim A - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html