Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kalebtreuman" 


> I forwarded this to Focus Publishing. Here is his response:
> 
> "Straight Stochastic screening can yield interesting results in 
> certain cases (bright, bold scenes) but not in others (subtle 
tones, 
> flesh, etc).  It is also still an unstable screening due to the 
vast 
> number of variables that can make a stochastic job great...or not 
so 
> great. Brilliant Graphics' screening is a hybrid screen that 
utilizes 
> a 300 line conventional screening over the broadest range of the 
> scale.  However, where conventional screening can fall off the 
scale 
> (upper hilights and lower shadows) BG's screening turns into 
> stochastic – thus the name "Hybrid Screening."  This screening is 
an 
> exclusive Heidelberg technology developed by Dr. Hell – the 
> grandfather of scanning/digital screening. Focus Publishing not 
only 
> offers you a higher quality printing than Hemlock and Dual 
Graphics, 
> some of the few printers in the US that offer this printing 
service, 
> but we do it for nearly half the price."
>

If they run it properly and have the complete Heidelberg workflow, it 
should be a very nice print. Though looking through 
focuspublishing.net and lodimapress.com I find nothing about owning 
or using a Heidelberg press. Might be worth contacting Heidelberg to 
find out who is using one of their digital presses. Might find one 
close to home that you can use.