Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Dubovsky" <entropy@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: 'combed' histograms in 16 bit ?


>
> Martin Wesley wrote:
> > 8-bit color is fine because you really have
> > 24-bits of data to push around.
>
> All other facts and misinformation aside, here is a bit of information
> which should give you pause:  8 bits per channel of RGB data gives you
> (only) 9 bits of lightness (black & white) information.
>
Jon,

I'm not sure I follow you. I meant 8-bit color for color printing is fine,
not 8-bit color for B&W printing. Although this might be an advantage to
using CMYK inks but the other problems seem to off set any advantage that
extra bit might give.

Martin Wesley