Digital BW, The Print

>If the 16 bit is available on the monochrome 
> setting in the driver (black) then it might even be better 
> than what is available in normal Windows and OS-X drivers. It 
> will not have the control QTR offers though.
> 
> Ernst
> 
Ernst, would you mind explaining a bit. I would eventually see a 
theoretical advantage in a 16b dithering, but in practice I'm not sure 
this would translate into a better physical printing (I'm thinking dot 
gain, registration, bleeding...not to mention color conversion errors 
should we print colors, but that's valid for BW with QTR ICCs). What 
would look like an advantage could end up in just a requirement for 
more powerful systems to process the larger bit volumes. So far the new 
Canon has not (to my knowledge) proven superiority from the 16b driver, 
but I didn't dig deep into the matter. I just tend to assume the large 
number of inks available calls for hi-bit processing to adress them. 
What are your thoughts on it ? 

Olivier