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Re: QTR ink usage pattern

2005-05-20 by John Vitollo

Good point...really didn't even think about the content or the grayscale of the pictures. That 
would affect the inks being used.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "koloshor" <wiz@n...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard"
> <stephen@s...> wrote:
> > If you are running the Windows version you can right click on the
> curve name and
> > bring up a graph of the ink usage.
>  
> And don't forget to multiply the curves by the histogram of the image,
> and then integrate under the areas of the LK and K curves...
> 
> End result, unless you're printing pictures of soot factories or coal
> bins, you'll use up LK carts about 3x as much as K carts.

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