Re: RE: Monaco EZ Color Doesn't Work With Epson 3000 Mac Drivers

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Miller, in reading your posting below, and certainly the last two paragraphs, 
you might agree that there is a bit of your own 'attitude' that comes 
through. You are right that 'we're not idiots here.' We are people of broadly 
varying backgrounds and experiences who hopefully can come together in 
respect to share and learn from each other. It is that quality that makes 
this list have ongoing strength and value. Mr. Tobie is a valued contributor 
to this list, and he has selflessly offered his knowledge and expertise to 
many. Perhaps it is your intent to add to the list by offering a counterpoint 
to his posting, but to express a point to an individual or to the group in a 
'flaming' way discredits the point and the contributor. It makes the flamer 
appear the idiot. 

Ken Johnston  /  Heartworks, Inc.  /  Dallas, TX  USA
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Miller wrote:<<Glad to hear that someone else has seen this problem. However, 
I think
you are a bit too quick to dismiss this:

To call the Epson drivers "free" diverts attention from the fact that in
the absence of a suitable PostScript RIP, the printer is useless for
color management using the EZ color product. The drivers that come from
vendors with the purchase of their printers should be expected to
function correctly. The driver claims to support ColorSync, but it
doesn't. That's a bug, not an expected limitation of "free" software.

As for PostScript RIPS, I own two of them. The Epson RIP (I believe that
this is actually the Birmy RIP) that came with the printer and
PhotoScript. PhotoScript never did function--it simply crashes when
trying to RIP an image. PhotoScript appears to be no longer supported so
I can't even get support for this product even though I paid good money
for it!

As for Birmy, others on this list have indicated that the half-tone
performance is unacceptable. The "free" drivers support error diffusion
which better utilizes the capabilities of the printer to render fine art
prints. We haven't bothered to load the Birmy for this reason. I also do
not know to what extent the Epson-Birmy RIP supports EZ Color.

Oh, and, a Fractal Painter file is not a TIFF and it can not be "drop
converted." It must be exported as a TIFF, profiled, printed, then when
edits are needed, the process must be repeated. Why not just File|Print
the way the driver was intended to work?

> EZ Color makes great profiles for CMYK RIPs, far better than the
results from 
> using EZ Color on the free drivers.

What RIP are you using? And after parking your attitude, could you tell
us why you think the color is better? What other differences in the
output of photographic images do you notice when comparing the two
drivers? Halftone spot size and texture? Banding? Overall ink density?

We're not idiots here, Tobie. Please don't treat us as though we are.

-- Miller>>

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