Digital BW, The Print

that is, 16bit in the print file.  I always have 16bit working files.


On Mar 16, 2005, at 05:44 PM, Walker Blackwell wrote:

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> Nope. No difference really. I send 8bit to my printer. Make sure that
> you flatten when you convert from 16bit to 8bit though. Otherwise it's
> pointless. If you have blocked shadows to begin-with with noticeable
> banding, keep it in 16bit. 8bit conversion will just worsen that
> problem. (I've had to do 16bit with only 3 photos in the last two
> years. It doesn't really come up much.)
>
> take care, Walker
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> On Mar 16, 2005, at 05:38 PM, john dean wrote:
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>>  Does anyone have any idea from practical experience if it makes any
>>  difference at all if I send a 16 bit greyscale file over to the 9600
>> through QTR
>>  rather than the 8 bit greyscale file?  I usually scan and set up
>> everthing in 16
>>  bit then print out 8 bit. It is slow enough as it is and I don't want
>> it any slower
>>  for these larger size prints I have to do tomorrow unless it is a
>> sure thing
>>  super-ultra-pro-giclee improvement.
>>
>>  John
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