Digital BW, The Print

Hi Tyler. My printers are a 3000,a 1200 and a 7000. The 1200 is
variable dot. The others are not. It's my understanding (perhaps
warped but all I have to work with;) )that the dot size shifts with
ink limits in QTR. What I was asking was if the dot size could be
fixed at the smallest for an entire document regardless of ink limits.
I think Roy told me that could happen only with reduced limits. Maybe
you are correct and at the highest res that is what happens anyway. I
seem to recall reading somewhere that it does in regard to the 2880dpi
machines and the 1800. I don't know if that is the case with my older
machines.
 It's only really of interest to me in relation to using uncoated
papers(yes,I know--but see my reference to understanding above) where
I was considering that perhaps Paul's experiments could be
extrapolated into a means of gaining hi(relatively) density shadows
while still achieving a bit more smoothness within a BO workflow.
Considering what Roy said, it looks as if that might work out anyhow
and I can just try using multiple channels of black overlaid for the
bottom, at full bore, while limiting a couple more for mids to get
minimum dots and so on.
 If anyone would know if that could work out, it would be you, as I
understand you flagellate yourself with Rip texts as a means of
approaching Nirvana in this life :).
 With a paper such as the old Somerset Velvet and using Eboni which
seems to me to be a bit stiffer than other inks I have any experience
with, the old 1200 makes pretty fair BO prints as it is for some
images. With just a shade more help they might be considerably better
than just pretty fair. That, of course, might be very arguable for an
old hand with large format like yourself.

Regards
Duane




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
<tyler@...> wrote:
>
> if you are trying to insure the smallest dot sizes are used with the
tightest patters, can't 
> you just select 2880, or whatever the highest res setting your
printer offers?
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
<dlruckus@> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > 
> >