To obtain high-quality color images, keep the follow-
ing points in mind:
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Use the manufacturer’s inks and recommended
paper for your ink jet printer.
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Papers designed for ink jet printers have special
coatings to evenly distribute the ink, and are differ-
ent than uncoated bond papers used in laser
printers and copiers.
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Birmy
Graphics has balanced the stochastic half-
tone screening and color technology to work with
Epson’s inks and recommended papers.
Stochastic screening is a random dot pattern as
opposed to a fixed screen ruling. Stochastic screen
produces more tones and has better detail than
fixed screen rulings.
Maximum density for color
Your
PowerRIP
has been designed to allow users
to print up to
300%
maximum color from
CMYK
files. Exceeding this number will cause problems
with excess ink. Many desktop drawing applica-
tions set black to
400%
by default. A black of
400%
wastes ink and is too dense to print well on desktop
ink jet printers as well as large commercial offset
presses. Most magazine’s printing standards,
depending on the publication and stock, only allow
maximum black within a range of
260%
to
285%.
Birmy
Graphics Corporation
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