Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Advice on how to add the Epson SL-D700

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 08:23:20PM -0400, Robert Krawitz wrote:
> You might instead want to specify it in terms of the base unit (14400 on most printers)

That would be 'resolutionScale' in the model.xml file?

FWIW I went with baseSeparation units because initialVerticalOffset and 
blackVerticalOffset were already in baseSeparation units.

> When you tune drop sizes, you don't want to tune them at anywhere near saturation, because
> overlapping dots result in non-linear response.  I usually tune them somewhere around 25% IIRC.  For

Yeah, I'd managed to dial it back to where pure CYMK colors looked 
pretty good but when two inks had to mix (especially Y+C=G) it was 
actually puddling on the paper..

> light inks, it's very important not to be saturated.  You might want 
> to tune those at the smallest possible drop size so you have the least 
> speckling.

Any advice on how to deliberately generate the smallest drop sizes?

> I wish I could say I have a more scientific procedure, but not really.

Ok, glad to hear I'm not making this unnecessary complicated for myself.

Thanks!

 - Solomon
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