Digital BW, The Print

> > Very interesting point, but I have an answer ;-)  You are right, in your
> > example, you will be able to shift the tones all by .5 of a
> tone, and get
> a
> > whole new set of shifted "discernable" tones...but you can STILL only
> > discern the same number, as well as have the same separation!  This does
> > fail at some point, when your number of tones is high enough (where
> adjacent
> > tones aren't discernable).
>
> As in continuous tone? <G>

That doesn't make it continuous.  Continuous is merely a perception...so
whether it "appears" continuous is solely based on the sensor used to
perceive it.

Neither chemical prints, or inkjet prints ARE in reality continuous tone.
As I've pointed out, you would need a sheet of paper of infinite size to
represent your definition of continuous tone (being entirely stepless), and
that does not exist.

Austin