Digital BW, The Print

Here's the quick and dirty:

8-bit gives you 256 levels to work with.  Each tweak you make throws away
levels, so you will end up with less than 256 levels.  If your printer
requires 256 levels, you may get posterization.

16-bit gives you thousands of levels.  When you tweak, levels get thrown
away, but when you convert to 8-bit for printing, you will be left with a
full 256 levels, avoiding posterization.

16 bit scanning isn't necessarily better image wise, it's just safer.

STEPHEN    JENNINGS
    P h o t o g r a p h e r
       Cambridge, MA
sgjennin@...



> Can anybody tell me in twenty words or less what the advantage
> is of scanning in 16-bit?
>