Digital BW, The Print

Not exactly. Random processes generate different distributions. For 
example, a normal distribution (bell curve) has many individual
samples near the average value, but a uniform distribution has 
individual samples evenly spaced across all possible values. 

More interesting for printing is that the distribution is not
really random, just constructed to avoid obvious patterns. If you 
actually use random patterns then you get clumps of points 
or holes (where there are few points).  Either looks uneven and bad.

 costa


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" <bob@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Clayton,
> 
> > FWIW, the 4000 is widely considered to be the best BO machine
> > because of it's more random dither pattern.
> 
> How can something be 'more' random? It is either random or it is not random! 
> ;)
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Clayton Jones" <cj@...>
>