> > I do not see how you can directly "measure" the > > dynamic range of a print. Perhaps in electronics you can. > > It seems simple to me. > > You get the print driver to output the lightest continuous (yeah I know) > tone it is capable of short of not printing at all. You measure the > reflectance of that patch. > > You measure the reflectance of the darkest tone it is capable of laying > down. > > The dynamic range is the ratio between them, exactly as Kevin said. That's not right. That is the DENSITY range between the two, and is not the dynamic range. Austin
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RE: [Digital BW] Dynamic Range Definitions and Print Tones
2002-03-29 by Austin Franklin