Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Loris Medici" 
<lorism@t...> wrote:
> 
> Once you're done with all curves/tone adjustments and ready to print
> there's no need to stay in 16bit anymore...
> 

I don't think so.

If you use Piezography BW plugin (which is a driver replacing the 
Epson one), it is strongly recommanded to keep as much information as 
possible (the highest dpi and the highest bit rate). 

That's probably the reason why Jon Cone upgraded its Piezography BW  
plugin (to a version 6 which works with 16-bit files) and why its Pro 
version of Piezography handles also 16-bit files: I do not know the 
technical reasons and if there is really a difference between 8-bit 
and 16-bit files for printing (may be its a pure commercial argument).

I had tried in the last months to initiate a thread dealing with the 
esthetic differences between 8-bit files and 16-bit files printed via 
the PiezographyBW plugin (see the piezo3000 newsgroup) with no clear 
answers.

Jean-Marc Humbert
Paris, France