Digital BW, The Print

> >> I'm not exactly sure I was testing the overprinting in the
> context you are
> >> referring to, but I did overprint my "blacks" with good
> results on an 1160
> >> with EAM. Perfect registration with a VISIBLE doubling of
> >> density.
> >
> > I don't know that you really mean visibly doubling, I certainly
> believe it's
> > darker...
>
>
> Your right, I didn't mean to accentuate the word so as to mean an exact
> doubling, just that the effect was indeed visible. If anyone is curious to
> see the effect just make two black squares in PS and get them to partially
> overlap.
>
> Like I say, it's probably not worth the extra work for most
> images, but it's
> worth keeping in one's bag of tricks.

I really like the idea though...since deep blacks ARE the number one
complaint about Piezo.

> > But my real point is, the driver COULD if it wanted to,
> overprint anywhere
> > it wanted to as a course of routine business.  I don't know why
> Cone doesn't
> > do that just to increase the black density...  It should be pretty
> > deterministic, I would believe?
>
> Hmm, My guess is that if the driver were doing it on-the-fly you might get
> ink bleed / dot gain, which would sacrifice detail, but with some dry time
> between applications the paper holds the ink better?

You're right.  I hadn't thought about dry time.  I know my prints feel "wet"
when they come off the printer!