RE: Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Extrachrome
RE: Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Extrachrome
- Subject: RE: Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Extrachrome
- From: "Mike Eddington" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:05:10 -0500
- Importance: Normal
<So, Mike, Epson clearly has the 'sharpest' dot of the two systems?>
That's my opinion, yes, although I can't say if newer HP printers have
improved in this aspect or not.
<And that, in your opinion, and probably in the opinion of many readers
on this list and elsewhere too, more than offsets the Ultrachrome ink
'inconstancy' effect? >
I can't say that I notice an "inconsistency" at all under controlled
lighting, which is where all our proofs should viewed anyway. The
bronzing issue is not really a big deal and is only noticeable viewing
at awkward angles. I guess I would recommend to anyone interested in
either HP or Epson printers to view some print samples and judge for
themselves...better would be if you could get a dot proof sample as well
as a continuous tone proof.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Breton [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:24 AM
To: Mike Eddington; 'jc castronovo'; email@hidden
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Extrachrome
> <the choice today boils down to, what, Epson and HP? So, can we favor
> one system over the other on the base of ink 'metamerism'?>
>
> Metamerism aside, I would think ink delivery system would play a
> pretty big role also in favoring one system over another...piezo vs
> thermal. I am nowhere near an expert in inks or inkjet printing, but I
> will say that proofing with both HP (5000, 20 ps)and Epson (4000,
> 76/9600), the resolution, dot pattern, stability and overall print
> quality of the Epsons wins hands down. A dot proof using 1 bit tiffs
> on an Epson looks great...not Kodak Approval great, but very good. A
> dot proof on an HP 5000 is unfit to show a client.
So, Mike, Epson clearly has the 'sharpest' dot of the two systems? And
that, in your opinion, and probably in the opinion of many readers on
this list and elsewhere too, more than offsets the Ultrachrome ink
'inconstancy' effect?
Regards,
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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