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Re: gimp print inner workings

2005-11-07 by djon43

Is dither adjustable with 2200 or with QTR? How/where? Would this
relate to my sharpness question? 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody"
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
>
> Joe Wisniewski posted a very interesting message on the QTR group. 
Thanks
> Joe!
> 
> "The gimp print drivers will exhibit microbanding whenever the total ink
> density exceeds 100%.
> <snip>
> gimp print always interleaves ink, nothing ever really overlaps, and you
> cannot exceed 100% coverage."
> 
> That seems to be really, really, useful information for people building
> curves, as that is very different than other rips I have used.
> Is this known behavior in the drivers as implemented in QTR and/or IJC?
> Sorry if I'm a little late to the game if this has been discussed
before; I
> don't find anything by searching the last 6000 messages.
> 
> I have not had time to explore this yet, but it could explain what I
> believed to be a dither problem in a QTR curve I was working on.  I have
> been recently testing IJC in an attempt to eliminate the "dither"
problem.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
>

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