Digital BW, The Print

Yes. Thanks again. I think I see what you are saying and it would
effectively be the same. I was looking for a way to have some control,
however slight, over the dottiness factor with BO as well as achieving
an enhanced d'max with uncoated papers. It's apparent that I still
have a long way to go in learning the intricacies of a rip and it's use.

Regards
Duane


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@...> wrote:
>
> 
> I not sure I follow you exactly but I think what you want is already
the way it works.
> You always use the small dots first anyway so if you keep the amount
of ink low i.e.
> with low ink limits you will only use small dots.   In other words 3
channels of
> ink limit 25 is the same as 1 channel of ink limit 75 for how much
ink is output.  But
> its likely that you'll be using mostly small dots instead of the
whole set of dots.
> 
> Roy
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
<dlruckus@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Roy. I guess I worded that badly. What I had in mind actually
> > was fixing the dot size at only one, usually the smallest, as an
> > option, rather than a set. Then would make up for lesser dot coverage
> > with multiple channels of K to get d'max and fill in. Am I wrong in
> > assuming that one could then put maximum ink down with 100% limits for
> > papers that soak it up, like uncoated ones, while still limiting other
> > channels and partitioning across the scale? Or would the mechanical
> > aspects of that smaller dot end up being the equivalent of reducing
> > limits anyway and counteract the effect?
> > 
> > Regards
> > Duane
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
> > <roy@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > Duane,
> > > 
> > > The set of dotsizes applies for all the channels on a page, so there
> > is no variation
> > > per channel.  I really don't think you'd find much benefit messing
> > around with
> > > lots of different dotsizes.
> > > 
> > > Roy
> > > 
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
> > <dlruckus@> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Roy.
> > > > Any chance selectable dot size per channel could be used with
QTR in
> > > > that context? I've often thought that utilizing the multi BO
concept
> > > > Paul is working with here could quite possibly be of use with
uncoated
> > > > art papers. Perhaps a 2K approach could even be used with some
of the
> > > > older machines.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > > Duane
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy
Harrington"
> > > > <roy@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think one of the advantages of Paul's multi-eboni approach
is that
> > > > he can keep the
> > > > > ink limits of the individual channels low enough to stay in the
> > > > small dot range but
> > > > > still get to dMax because he has multiple channels firing.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Roy
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>