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Re: How to get great prints

I have to agree that the 1280 is a "head banger". I have a friend who has one and it is a big change when you use one coming from the 2200 like I did when he had me set it up for him. Glossy prints and semi-matte were OK. Matte papers weren't its strong suite. When he had me make prints for him of the same images on my 2200 with canned profiles there were big differences.
Problem is that all of the canned profiles IMHO really only get you in the ballpark. Some closer. Some are way out in left field foul territory if you get my drift? Get custom profiles made would be my advice though I haven't seen how good the new profiles/printers perform I hear they are better.
I am also using a "BLACK-BOX" rip with the canned profiles that was advertised as being the solution to all of my color problems. It was just a creator of others though I can now print better B&W. I think that the canned profiles are lacking for the rip in many respects and compared to the output using my custom profile I as well as the person I am doing printing for take the print from the custom profile print as being better.
As for 2400 or 4800. What can you rationalize or justify? I can't really justify in certain terms the 4800 but I think that I can rationalize it by next month or so.

Larry Wangelin
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Everything is in a constant state of flux - if it's not broken, it
will be soon.


On Monday, August 29, 2005, at 07:56 PM, Eric Bullock wrote:


The 2200 is a stable enough device. Certainly worlds better than the 1280, which was a tough printer to manage. I would not suggest putting any money into a RIP for a 1280!

If you don't need to make prints bigger than 13" wide, and you aren't doing a LOT of printing, than the 2400 is certainly a more logical choice. Go with the newer technology, which won't dissapoint you. The K3 inks do make a difference on "photographic" types of media. If you do any kind of volume I might suggest a 4800 in lieu of the 2400. As far as RIP's go, you might not even need one. The driver for the 4800 is better than its ever been, and if it isn't meeting your needs just have a few custom profiles made.






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