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RE: [Digital BW] Number of tones was Re: Do inkjets dither or not?

2002-08-04 by Austin Franklin

Er, Steve...Piezo does show %1 variations in tone, but that's only 100
tones...if it only showed %2 variations in tones, that would be 50 tones...

Austin


> Ok, I'll play the Village idiot hear. I beleive Piezo prints may
> not show 1%
> Variations, but I do believe they show 2% variations that are
> visable in real
> life! at least in the 1-5% range and the 95-100% range. I now routinely
> measure my Highlight and shadows in these ranges as I absolutley
> need a 2%
> highlight in my Highkey gradient Backgrounds. 1% is too close to
> paper white
> but 2% is not. Same with 98%and 100% on the black end.
> Austin , so you beleive the Claims of Piezography to be impossible?
> Steve Meyers
>
>
> > It's interesting that the "Proof of Piezography" only has %5
> and %1 tonal
> > variation...if it was capable of %.1 variations, then I'd
> expect they would
> > want to "show it off"...
> >
> > Austin
>

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