Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/