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Phatte Black Printing
If you own Imageprint 6.1 you're ready for Phatte Black Printing.If you don't know what Imageprint is, or even what a RIP is, then you should startby reading myreview of Imageprint 6.0.
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Call itPhatte Black, asColorBytedoes, or call itDual Blackif you don't want to be poetic, but whatever you call it –rejoice, because if you have an Epson 4800, 7800 or 9800 printer using Epson K3 inks, your ship has come in.
To understand what this all means, and why it is so exciting, we need to go back to 2004, before the new printers and inks. The previous generation Epson Pro 4000 was a 7 ink printer that had 8 cartridge slots. This meant that you could have both thePhoto Blackand theMatte Blackinks loaded at the same time, and could therefore print on either glossy paper or matte paper without the need to do anything other than choose the correct printer profile.
But, with the K3 inks on the ...

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