Digital BW, The Print

Salut Jean-Marc,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Marc Humbert" <humbertjm@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] sharpening and 16-bit files


> --- 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.

My point was that "sharpening is usually done as the last step before
printing" and - although I'm not completely sure - inkjet printer hardware
is probably 8bit not 16 so I don't think that any software (OEM driver or
piezo plug-in and such) is actually sending 16bit data to the printer. I'm
sure that there's people present in the list with much more printer hardware
knowledge than I have, so if I'm wrong please correct me.

I did some tests months ago outputting 16bit and 8bit versions of the same
16bit original file thru both the OEM driver and the plug-in. Result: I
couldn't see any quality difference YMMV.

Regards,
Loris.