Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With a full-featured RIP you get complete control over how the printer lays down ink for any given paper - ink limiting, black generation (no the black ink isn't really all that black by itself, and too much of it actually gives a lower dmax), crossovers (the point at which cyan becomes light cyan &c.). Those parameters are built into the paper choices in the Epson driver which is why third party paper companies provide instructions for paper settings along with their profiles e.g. Crane says to use the Enhanced Matte settings for their Museo Artist Cards. That doesn't mean you use the Enhanced Matte profile, just the driver settings. But those settings are a compromise, a good one, but a compromise nonetheless. As you might guess, I just got around to printing the Xmas cards today, and I didn't have time to really work up a custom environment for the paper ;) Gilbert http://www.upstatelight.com On Dec 19, 2007, at 9:36 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > I've never really understood what a RIP offered me that I didn't > get from Photoshop. > > Photoshop even has some simple packages available in Automation > > ric > > > > > On Dec 19, 2007, at 9:27 PM, J. Gilbert Plantinga wrote: > >> $200 for a "Picture Package" program. Arrgh.... >> >> g. >> >> On Dec 19, 2007, at 7:25 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> What about the new "portrait" model? >>> >>> What's that all about? Is the stuff in there as bad it strikes me >>> as being >>> better? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information