Digital BW, The Print

Steve;

Not what I meant, exactly. I send layered files (6-8 deep sometimes) 
to the printer too. It 'handles' them by flattening or applying them 
in some way, otherwise you wouldn't get the adjustments or a 
composite image, etc. Bottom line is your printed image has had 
those adjustments applied-wether you can see degradation or not I 
think depends on...how extreme it is? I've seen choppiness (abrupt 
changes in tonality were there should have been a smooth ramp)in the 
lower values that I attributed to degradation, but it's rare, and 
I've never taken the time to prove/disprove the idea either 


Steve Karafyllakis
 
> Steve,
> 
> I cannot speak to more complex layers, but I do use an adjustment 
> layer at times to make last minute corrections before printing and 
> Epson printers seem to handle it without a problem.  They are 
simple 
> curves adjustments for brightness or contrast.
> 
> Steve
> 
> > 
> > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think 
> > most of these printer drivers are capable of processing a 
layered 
> > image-at some point it has to get flattened and your adjustments 
> > applied so doing as much as possible in 16-bit makes sense, at 
> least 
> > in theory. However,I seem to remember some rip-snorting 
arguments 
> on 
> > this forum as to wether or not you could actualy see the damage 
in 
> a 
> > print.
> > 
> > Steve Karafyllakis