Photo Printing: why 8 is better
by: Erik Vlietinck - Last Updated: Sun 21 November 2004
Photographers who print their photos on anything less than A3, require as much detail as they can get, and as much dynamic range as possible. With four inks, detail simply is too coarse. With six inks, the results tend to be much better, but dynamic (tonal) range can still be improved by adding intermediate tints. Eight inks seem to be photographers’ nirvana.
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Haven’t used the HP, but the Epson 2200 does very well on matte paper, my favorite. What’s lacking in the article, in my opinion, is the importance of the print driver and profiles. All that high tech hardware under the hood does no good if you can’t communicate effectively with your print drivers to get the results you intended. I use the third party ImagePrint software (very expensive) with great success. Wish I didn’t have to go that way, but that seems to be the reality.
By allfive on 2005 01 25
