Re: Different programs equal different print quality?

["Daniel L. Taylor" <daniel_l_taylor@taylor-design.com>]

> Does printing with different programs alter the quality of print you can
> get from an ESC ? (3000). I was talking to someone recently who was
> suspecting that by using a different program he'd got a better quality
> image. I'm inclined to believe him but I'm not sure what are considered the
> good printing programs.

In general I haven't noticed a difference between programs. However, I did
notice a significant difference recently between Corel Photo Paint 8 and
other programs when printing a B&W image to an Epson Photo 870.

Photo Paint could not print the image correctly. It would produce one or
more lines vertically through the image, no matter how I played with the
image size and resolution. At first I thought it was a clogged print head,
but found that other programs on my Mac (Canvas, Photoshop LE, Photodeluxe)
had no problem with the image.

I'm not sure whether this should be considered a bug or simply the results
of a less sophisticated print engine in Photo Paint. But it does show that
there's at least the possibility of different software producing different
prints from an identical file.

Daniel L. Taylor
Owner, Taylor Design
Macintosh and PC consulting and software.
Web: http://www.taylor-design.com/
E-mail: support@taylor-design.com

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