Re: Sprintscan 120 issues/findings (comments welcomed)

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On 18 Apr 2002 at 8:43, 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.


Sounds like Jerry Olson from the old days <g>..

What Iittle I've seen of the Piezo system (and it was a while back) seemed 
to indicate that deep blacks were a bit of an issue.  But that's on the paper/ 
ink side... can't blame the scanner or the image file for that one.

Anyway, you can always remap tones, right?  The degree of damage 
done in that step depends on how radical the remapping.  In the case 
of the problem at hand (the LS-8000's or SS-120' slightly compressed 
histograms) I'd say that the damage is inconsequential.

We're only de-compressing the range by 10%.  What's the big deal?
Particularly if you work in 16-bit space, you'll never see the effect.


rafe b.

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