"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
We've recently acquired a Tempo, a Cameo and some of those weird diamond chase medium format frames and are looking forward to increased resolution that comes with printing small format (wide format to us textile printers I suppose) flatstock. I'm also looking to up our textile print/art capabilities and find myself wondering what sort of device(s) are out there that can hold 65lpi and higher dots. 55lpi seems to be pushing it on our current 4800/Accurip setup. I hear tell that the 7/9xxx series epsons can handle the higher line screens due to the fact that they aren't simulating the dpi needed to get there but have that capability in the firmware. Gain on the inkjet I think necessitates a pretty high resolution, despite use of profiles. So those of you printing with high-line screens, what's your preferred way to get those positives?
Wasatch is a great rip. I used one for many years until I upgraded and purchased a Techstyler. I now use Harlequin RIP which I am extremely happy with.
Why are you needing to go that high with your dot size? I can see maybe if there is a serious amount of tiny detail yet for the most part most designs for T's shouldn't need to go over 55. Dealing with dot gain with a dot above 55 is going to be tremendous, especially in a fast production environment
The 4800/4880 printers use K3 inks, you need a clever ink reduction strategy (such as the one in the Wasatch SP module) that allows high resolution and accurate ink deposit.If you do not use a RIP with a monochrome setting, your 'black' will be made up of CMY plus a little black, it won't be as accurate as using a single head, the dots won't be as nice.