As usual, you've pulled another "Austin".
I'm going to take this step by step, so that you don't have the wriggle room that you usually try to create for yourself. I arrived in this discussion after you stated that in was not possible to get acceptable photo results from 100 dpi input, and I stated that the HP Photosmart printer used 100 to 150 dpi input on a 300 dpi output system which took advantage of an overprinting method which could supply several drops of ink to the same point on the paper. I stated that the Photosmart printer produced a reasonable quality result because of this feature and that I was familiar with this technology because I had discussions with the software engineers who wrote the drivers for this printer, and it was explained to me in some detail how the HP Photosmart system operated. You then went on to discuss Epson printers, which I was not talking about, and you stated the reason the colors were not placed upon each other was because the pigmented inks weren't transparent enough. So, I explained that the HP printers I was discussing used dye inks, (other HP consumer printers use dye inks but pigmented black, but their photo type printers use(d) only dye inks including the black) which made your point moot. It was made further moot because other than the printers I listed, inkjet printers don't use pigmented ink (other than the black used in some HP printers), (unless you buy third-party product), but in the usual fashion, which you always deny you do, you selectively quoted and misrepresented what I said by both taking my information out of context, AND addressing a secondary issue as if it was the point I was trying to make. Then again, what else is new? Art PS: I am still not convinced Epson printers do not print several ink colors on top of one another, regardless of your microscopic examination (yes, I do recall) especially the photo CcMmYK color models and the newer 2880 dpi variable dot types, but I wasn't addressing Epson printers as to whether they did or not. And since this is no longer relating to scanners, it will probably be my last word on this subject. Austin Franklin wrote: >>Others that use pigmented inks, although I wouldn't refer to them as >>consumer grade, are the Epson 5500, 7500 and 9500, some of the Rolands, >>and some other larger carriage printers. The other Epsons, including the >>3000, and even the 870/890 1270/1290 use dyes, although the later were >>supposed to be specially designed for longer fade resistance than the >>average ones. >> > > The ink technology wasn't the issue, the issue was the Epson printers you > mention do not place more than one drop of ink on any one spot...no matter > what their ink technology is... > > . > >
