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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Color/Grayscale Print, Does it work?
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Date: 9 Aug 90 02:57:15 GMT
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"You should only check the Color/Grey option if you have a color
"printer or a printer capable of continous tone printing. Currently,
"the only printers capable of continuous tone greyscale printing that I
"know of are Dupont's 4cast, one by Mitsubishi, and two by Kodak. The
"Kodak ones can only be printed to from Adobe PhotoShop via a plug-in
"module, so the LaserWriter driver is not a concern. Kodak is writing
"their own chooser driver and PostScript RIP which should be out at the
"end of the year.
"
"If any PostScript gurus (Amanda, Woody?) want to correct me, or if
"anyone knows of other continuous tone printers, please e-mail or post.

Well I'm not a PostScript guru; I just print photos using the color/gray
option on an ordinary 300 dpi QMS laser printer. The difference between
black/white and color/gray options is close to the difference between a
monochrome and grayscale monitor. I can now print photos from Word 
instead of having to use PageMaker.

Shirley Kehr