Re: Birmy 5.2 vs. Epson Driver

["Rafe B." <rafeb@channel1.com>]

At 08:29 AM 6/12/99 EDT, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 6/12/99 5:28:18 AM, ellipsis@concentric.net writes:
>
>>> I don't see any particular color controls in this
>>> RIP.  In fact, nothing at all for "tweaking" the
>>> CMYK behavior.  Was I expecting too much?
>>
>>Perhaps. I think the RIPs that have color control are in the "Over $500
>>Club".
>
>Birmy has full control of the CMYK color curves and dot gain curves, plus 
>some ICC profile capability. Using a profile reduces the graininess 
>considerably, and sending RGB files to it works very well. 



I don't see any color-curve controls in the
Birmy RIP driver.  Where do I find these
controls?  I do see another application
mentioned on Birmy's web site, but I haven't
bothered to download it yet.  Not even sure
if it's applicable.

More importantly:  can you explain your 2nd
sentence in a bit more detail?  I agree that
the RIP did reasonably well on an RGB image.

But I have no idea of what this "profile" is
that you speak of, how to create it, and how/
why it would affect graininess.

So far, with this RIP, color quality has not
been the issue.  The issue is basic print
quality.  Even at 720x720, I believe the 
Epson driver does a much better job.  And
720x1440 seems out of reach, for some reason;
the RIP just won't go there.


rafe b.

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