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Re: Epson 3800 vs 4800 - any advice?



Hi Sandy,

The simplest way is to make a 256 step tablet and use the eyedropper tool—look for repeated values on adjacent steps.

I agree, if you find you can't get enough density—it is possible you may have to add black as a last resort.. and example of this is the R1800 printer... which for some reason Epson chose not to put an ink configuration setting in the driver.... too bad!

Mark
In a message dated 2/28/07 2:55:48 PM, sanking@clemson.edu writes:









Mark,




How would one test to know if Photoshop cannot parse the color into 256 tones?




What you say makes sense, but it seems that with some printers you may not be able to get enough density with just the PDN colors, even laying down more ink.




Sandy







Best Wishes,
Mark Nelson

Precision Digital Negatives - The System
PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups
www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com






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