Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Report on Piezography
From: Doug Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2000 14:27:03 -0700

On Wed, 12 April 2000, Tina Manley wrote:

> 
> At 02:53 PM 4/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >How can the software plugin get over the physical limitations of the
> >printer itself?  The printer can only lay down ink droplets of a certain
> >size, and at a fixed density.  How can the dots become invisible?
> >
> >Dan C.
> 
> 
> Dan -
> 
>  From the FAQ on the web site:
> 
> Is it true that piezographyBW is dotless?
> 
>                             Yes. PiezographyBW software essentially 
> replaces the firmware of an Epson printer that is
>                             responsible for the microweave dither. We 
> replace it during printing with a proprietary
>                             software broadband microweave which places the 
> dots of ink which are printed so close to
>                             one another than a continuous tone is produced. 
> An Epson 3000 using our proprietary
>                             software prints with the quality associated 
> with 6 color Epson printers such as the 1200.
>                             back to FAQs
> 
>                             What is the apparent resolution of the Epson 
> 3000 version of PiezographyBW?
> 
>                             PiezographyBW software with its proprietary 
> broadband microweave produces an apparent
>                             2000+ dpi resolution. The Epson 3000 produces a 
> finer resolution black and white print than
>                             an IRIS printer, The resolution is so fine that 
> the print is virtually continuous-tone. The IRIS
>                             printer at an apparent resolution of 1800 shows 
> a dither pattern. Not so with PiezographyBW
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com

Tina,

Have you compared PiezographyBW prints with B&W LightJet prints?

Doug Herr
Sacramento
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