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[Digital BW] Re: Dithering

2001-10-04 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@m...> wrote:
Nij, I also think increased resolution comes from the very nature of partitioned quads. Tightly packed dots of a light ink can 
describe a line better than loosely packed dots of a darker ink, even though they both result in the same gray value. At 
least that's my experience with separating quads with the RGB driver or PressReady. Make sense?
Tyler

> I think this is where the term 'proprietary broad-band microweave' comes
> into play. I couldn't find the quotew on piezography.com when I last looked,
> but I think it's probably accurate. Plus... "...am optical resolution of
> 2160dpi. The perceived resolution is continuous tone!" I suspect this
> phrasing comes about from people saying 'you can't get an inkjet printer not
> to use dots' (which as far as I know, is true.
> 
> In other words... I think you are both right :) But of course, end result is
> that the ink is so tightly packed we can not see the dots of a dither, or
> microweave... so does it count???
> 
> Nij

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