Re: New Printer
Re: New Printer
- Subject: Re: New Printer
- From: "Anthony Sanna" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:08:44 -0600
>
>Better quality on RGB seems to be one of the reasons why ImagePrint is
>still selling well.
That's why I bought it. I'm a one-up printer, so I didn't need the
layout features, and frankly, couldn't see why someone would want to
color correct in IP, rather than Photoshop. I also bought the
PostScript version for package layouts from Illustrator. Lately that
feature has varied from buggy to unusable, so I've just been dragging
the IL files into Photoshop to be rasterized before printing.
But just a few weeks ago I did a series of comparison prints between IP
with IP profiles, IP with custom profiles, and Epson's 2200 print
driver. This was for my friend, who is now looking to replace his 7200.
I was really surprised. There was no doubt that the IP/custom profile
combination was by far the best - a very noticeable difference - but the
differences between IP/IP and the Epson driver was slight, unnoticeable
without a side by side comparison. I would have no problem accepting
the Epson printout, and I am assuming that with custom profiling, the
Epson output would improve. This, coupled with the cost to upgrade IP
and news that the 3800's drivers are better than the 2200, led me to
dump ColorByte for the 3800. But there's more to it than this....
There are colors that ImagePrint simply cannot print, and I'm not
talking about gamut-busting, saturated colors. There is a range of rust-
reds that ImagePrint turns to dull brown on matte paper, and it's not
the ink's fault or the paper's fault or the printer's fault. With the
Epson driver or IP/custom, the problem vanishes.
I heard, and based my purchase of IP on its better color, superior
dithering and ink laydown, its unique and superior custom profiles, its
PostScript abilities, and quality of B+W output. I don't know about the
B+W part, but in real-world use, IP's color, screens, and especially its
profiles for the Epson papers I use, don't knock me out, and, as
explained above, it can be definitely inferior in some instances. As
for the PostScript, it was iffy at best, and, with the current version
of the product, true PostScript has been replaced with a custom raster
routine, that, in a way, I'm doing with Illustrator -> Photoshop,
anyway. This last year or so has been a real-life Myth Busters for me.
I don't do B+W, I don't need the production layout features, and one by
one, the other advantages have proved hollow.
Tony
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Anthony R. Sanna
SACO Foods, Inc.
1-800-373-7226
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