Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" <
darkroom@i...> wrote:
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> > How about this to think about?
> > 256 level grayscale file not altered in any way. Printed with a
> > hypothetical two ink printer.
> > Exact same information sent to two mono inks of different
> > density.
> 
> But that's not how it works.
Of course not, that wasn't the point
> 
> > Is the tonal scale extended beyond the same thing
> > printed with one ink?
> 
> Not necessarily.
I would say that, as ink on paper, it definitely is extended. And this 
would be from a single unmanipulated file simply by the use of inks, 
and this is only a very small and oversimplified part of the real 
overall pictue.
I've been told that the tonal extension achieved by that simple 
experiment is technically noise, but there we are, and it was done by 
adding no new "levels" to the actual file. Just done with ink on paper.

> I'll get an answer from Jon, I'm sure.  It may not be a very "forward"
> answer though...
I'm with you there,
Tyler