Re: Epson media settings (was: WiziWYG and 750)

[rafeb <rafeb@channel1.com>]

At 07:51 PM 1/6/00 -0700, Gary Hunt wrote:


>A key question (although not the only one of course) seems to be the
>relative amounts of ink delivered for the various paper settings.  So my
>version of this question is simpler: is there any documented evidence
>or data as to the systematic differences between the media settings
>with respect to ink volume?  If not, is there an easy way to measure 
>this?  Could one, for example, print the same test image on the same 
>paper at all the settings and measure ink density?  (I'm only talking 
>about RGB drivers here; even I can tell this is a much more complicated 
>question for CMYK printing.)  Is the answer going to be dependent
>on whether one is using a custom printer profile with "No Color 
>Adjustment" in the Epson driver?  (Seems likely.)  And last but not
>least, is anybody who is equipped to find this out sufficiently interested
>to do the testing?


One of those best qualified to do this sort of
test is Jon Cone, though I'm sure a few others
have the wherewithal (C.D. and Dan C. come to 
mind.)

Jon has spoken out about the 1200's characteristics
in this regard, and has explicitly suggested the
"backlit film" setting as the one to minimize
ink output on that printer.

In fact, the best answer to your question, at the
moment, would be to download and unzip all of Jon's
free profiles, and look at the printer settings that
he chose to use with those profiles.


rafe b.


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