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Re: Lightjets and varnish, was some guy's workflow

2001-08-23 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Do you recall the name of the material? Also I would expect a ditner 
> patter with the LightJets which I believe print at 300 dpi but 
> perhaps by being able to vary intensity on a silver emulsion do a 
> better job of hiding it.

OK, I dug it out to take a look so I can stop talking out of my butt. It was printed with a Durst Lambda 130, the file is 200 ppi (I 
think I was told the printer is limited to 300 ppi files, fine for contact not enlarging), and the "paper type" is labeled 
ilfoclear2000 43F401 01/12. Obviously Ilford. I don't see a dither as such, under a loup I see faint precise lines, probably 
some kind of head travel, invisible to the unaided eye. It really does look pretty darn continuous tone. Dmax looks pretty 
high, but without testing I don't know if it's high enough for full range platinum.
Another thing to put on the list I'll throw away at the end of the day...
Tyler

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