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

2002-08-05 by Austin Franklin

Roy,

> It's really amazing how
> many people are fixated on a digital, discrete input file
> producing a print
> composed of digital, discrete, distinguishable gray values

No one here has EVER said that.  If you believe that is what I, or I
believe, anyone else here believes, you are mistaken.

> and how many
> of those tones there are.

How many tones there are IS important to understand, if you want to
understand how to control the input to the driver to get your desired
output...if you care.

> The whole marketing point of the Piezo 1000 gray value claim is that it
> way higher than humanly discernable so you are assured of being able
> to have a smooth transition between any tonal values.

Perhaps, but that's not the claim.  If the claim was 200 tones, I'd buy
that...but 1000 is simply not possible, as far as I can tell.

Regards,

Austin

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