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Re: [Digital BW] is 2200 Black-Only sharper than 2400 ?

2005-11-07 by djon43

"John Moody" <moodymz3@y...> wrote:
>
> By chance are you comparing BO @2880 to QTR @1440 dpi?  If so, have you
> tried 2880 with QTR?

At your suggestion I did just compare. There seems no improvement at
2880...and it doesn't begin to match results at 1440 with a little
smart sharpen, which do come close to Black Only without extra sharpening.

Black Only is significantly sharper at 1440 than QTR at 1440 or 2880
in my setup. 
 
> 
> I got a quick response to my sharpening question on the QTR Group,
> supporting my observation of an issue with QTR sharpness.
> 
> (note: I've tentatively addressed with "smart sharpen" in shadows,
> more sharpening than required for Black-Only...I'm not happy with the
> extra sharpening)

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