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RE: [Digital BW] How many shades of gray

2005-01-12 by Paul Roark

Pieris,

>How many discrete levels of gray ... do we get out of a quadtone inkjet?
...

I printed a 256 test chart with the C86 and EZ inks.  My X-Rite (DPT 22) was
able to measure the difference between all the steps with 2 exceptions.  The
top and bottom 2 steps were essentially the same. 

I was amazed at how well the little printer did.

A more interesting question might be whether the most expensive RIPs can
match the C86.

I, for sure, don't have the patience to see if one of the 16 bit printing
utilities (like IJC) can separate all those levels.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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