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Re: [Digital BW] FIne Art B&W and number of black inks

2006-08-13 by Greg

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Shilesh Jani"
<shileshjani@...> wrote:
>
> Greg,
> 
> I agree. I just finished linearing the 3, 4, and 6 ink set-ups, and 
> there is certainly no visible difference between them in smoothness 
> in a 10 inch print of a 360 ppi ramp. One has to remember that 
> William Turner and German Etching at slightly textured, so they may 
> be better at hiding the dots.
> 


From the testing that I've done, Willy Turner and GE hold a very tight
dot. Much less gain than Photo Rag, so if you were going to see dots,
you would have seen them.

In my mind it is really about the highlights. You have to be able to
get that area covered, and then just blend everything else so that you
get the smoothest output possible.

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