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cybis

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Re: 8 bit vs. 16 bit printing – any improvement at all?
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2011, 04:33:09 pm »

Cybis,

Is it possible to print 16 bit using the Epson driver?

Only on Mac, yes... or at least that's what the '16 bit/Channel' option seems to suggests. On Windows the option does not exist.
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Sven W

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Re: 8 bit vs. 16 bit printing – any improvement at all?
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2011, 05:09:51 pm »

Thanks Sven. I did similar tests (looong greyscale gradients with all color management turned off) on a 7900 comparing Mac Epson driver 8-bit vs. 16-bit and found exactly zero difference.

Just to clarify, you saw improvements using ImagePrint 16 bit over ImagePrint 8 bit, correct?

With one-channel B&W, yes.
With color, no.

/Sven
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Re: 8 bit vs. 16 bit printing – any improvement at all?
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2013, 10:10:00 am »

Hello!

Not sure whether I should post in this topic, but at least I will start my question from the last post: for absolutely neutral black and white images which should give better results on Epson 7900/9900: 16-bit greyscale or 8-bit RGB?
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