Re: Sprintscan 120 issues/findings (comments welcomed)

["Simon Lamb" <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Art

The PiezographyBW ink system on an Epson 1160 can distinguish every tonal
between 0 and 255, and a step wedge under a 10X loupe shows continuous tone
as a result.  I am producing prints that exceed the quality of many of my
silver based prints.

You will often find that what appears as shadow on a screen will show detail
when printed, as the Piezo can render the tones that the screen cannot
display.

I use mainly Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308.

Are you a Piezo user already?

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>
To: <scan@leben.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Sprintscan 120 issues/findings (comments welcomed)


> Simon,
>
> Out of interest, what type of paper do you use to get full 256 step
> black to white results via your PiezoBW inkjet?
>
> My experience is that even a 64 step B&W, especially with a good edge
> dithering and small matrix or pixel resolution makes a pretty nice
> looking gradient.
>
> I do wonder how successful an inkjet can be in producing a 256 step
> gradient, black to white, even with 4 ink densities.
>
> Art
>
> Simon Lamb wrote:
>
> > On my PiezoBW system I would hope so or it is going back!!!!!  What
presses
> > require is irrelevant to the issue that an image can have a full tonal
range
> > from 0 to 255, and there are printing systems out there that can fully
> > distinguish between all the steps in between.
> >
> > If I want black in my prints and all the tones between blach and white
> > (assuming they all exist), then I have the capability to print them and
I
> > want them.  Period.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
>
>
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