Re: Sprintscan 120 issues/findings (comments welcomed)

["dickbo" <dickbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

...and on paper that no emulsion coating machine ever saw.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
To: <scan@leben.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: Sprintscan 120 issues/findings (comments welcomed)


> 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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