In a message dated 6/2/99 3:43:12 AM, squeezix@ithaca.com writes: >I would pay $35 for my personal copy of such a "raw mode" CMYK Windows->Epson >driver. Does anyone want to go ahead and write it? > >If you already have experience writing Windows printer drivers, well, then >it >"shouldn't" be a lot of work. :) Birmy has been well established and making ongoing sales for years, has the advantage of having written the original CMYK drivers for earlier Epson printers, and still can't manage to come up with good screening algorithms for 1440 dpi output, and has been quite slow in supporting 6 color and variable dot machines. This would lead one to assume that such features are not trivial. I've never met a Windows driver I liked; it may be the drivers, or the protocol may not have what it takes... but I talk to the author of the Cactus RIP fairly frequently, I'll see what he says about this. C. David Tobie Design Cooperative CDTobie@designcoop.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please: Stay on topic. Trim quoted messages. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.