Re: Reproducing from inkjet printers

["Krista Jensen" <kristajensen@hotmail.com>]

Any images that are going to be offset printed, particularly the high
quality that these seem to be, would want to work from the native digital
files, rather than an inkjet scan, no matter the quality, source of inks,
etc. Offset printing requires CMYK separations. You know the old saying -
garbage in, garbage out. Even the most beautiful of inkjet printed results
will not equal a high res. Photoshop file for printing.

Just my thoughts.

Krista
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Smith" <bobsmith@mac.com>
To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Reproducing from inkjet printers


> That can happen if the scan is made using a drum scanner sampling with a
> fairly small aperture.  Its not unlike what happens when scanning negs
under
> similar circumstances on a drum.  A high end flatbed (or even a cheap one)
> can do a great job of scanning inkjet prints.
>
> Bob Smith
>
> SKID Photography wrote:
>
> > FWIW:  We were told by two different source books that we are in to be
in this
> > year (upcoming) that they did not want to scan off of inkjet prints
because
> > the dither pattern to the inkjet prints was 'clumped' by the scanners
and made
> > the printing press output appear grainy.
>
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