[Gimp-print-devel] Re: Epson 870

[Jean-Marc V. <ver...@if...>]

>
> 1) There's a weak horizontal patterning that looks superficially like
>    banding.  Under a loupe, though, that's clearly not the case.  It's
>    some kind of dither patterning.  This is only noticeable in the
>    light areas.  Could you look at Thomas' 257x257 matrix, and see if
>    that can be used?
>
I'll try that.


> 2) The light regions of the dark half of the shot (in particular, as
>    red fades to black) show dark cyan dots.  I presume that the idea
>    is to reduce the amount of ink by using fewer dark dots.  However,
>    it does create noticeable speckling.

True. I think I need to increase the c_darkness value further.

>
> 3) There's too much ink being used in the very dark regions.  I think
>    that this is a matter of merging up with Thomas' black stuff.
>
Yes, black is not totally under control. I've not worked on it very much.
I think recent changes in the repository will help.

> Could you try to do a merge-up to the latest stuff in the main
> repository, and get those last few little things fixed up?

I'll be working on it.




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