Digital BW, The Print

Jon,

I agree that some discussions can go on and on. But you are free to ignore
them. Me, I quite enjoy some of the Austin versus XXX arguments. There is
usually some truth on both sides, and I learn a lot from them. And you are
wrong that Austin is NEVER wrong; he OCCASIONALLY admits to being wrong.

If you want mindless pedantry, just read some lists that spend weeks or
months arguing over the merits of 'giclee' as the correct term for inkjet
prints!

Bob Frost.

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From: "Jon" <vze249jf@...>


> I agree with the others that have posted. This mindless pedantry is
lowering

> the value of the list.
>
> I'm no longer on the Leica User Group (LUG) because of two people: Austin
> and Anthony.

<bobfrost@b...> wrote:
> This mindless pedantry is lowering the value of the list.

But how do we decide what pedantry is mindless?

As a former inkjet driver writer and a current image
processing sw engineer I have an interest in the 
dithering and rendering algorithms used in inkjet
printing.  Fixed or variable cell size, stochastic
or deterministic dithering algorithms, resample first
or interpolate from the original pixels?  Etc.   These
things might seem esoteric and arcane to you and some
others but they have consequences for our printing.

This stuff might seem pedantic (hence my joke in my
response to Austin about this being worth 30% of your
grade on the optimal DPI thread) but as long as they
are filled with facts and knowledge and not ad hominem
attacks I don't see anything wrong with them here.
 
I recently posted a link to my website to a study I was
doing on inkjet printing on artist's media which is 
even more esoteric.   I'm about to update it with some 
new information about the differences between Epson 
Photo Black and Matte Black inks that have real, if 
arcane, relevance to black and white inkjet printing.

Peter,

I didn't say that; I replied to 'Jon' who said it!!

I actually said much the same as you - I think.

Bob Frost.

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From: <peter@...>


> <bobfrost@b...> wrote:
> > This mindless pedantry is lowering the value of the list.
> 
> But how do we decide what pedantry is mindless?
> 
> As a former inkjet driver writer and a current image
> processing sw engineer I have an interest in the 
> dithering and rendering algorithms used in inkjet
> printing.  Fixed or variable cell size, stochastic
> or deterministic dithering algorithms, resample first
> or interpolate from the original pixels?  Etc.   These
> things might seem esoteric and arcane to you and some
> others but they have consequences for our printing.
> 
> This stuff might seem pedantic (hence my joke in my
> response to Austin about this being worth 30% of your
> grade on the optimal DPI thread) but as long as they
> are filled with facts and knowledge and not ad hominem
> attacks I don't see anything wrong with them here.
>  
> I recently posted a link to my website to a study I was
> doing on inkjet printing on artist's media which is 
> even more esoteric.   I'm about to update it with some 
> new information about the differences between Epson 
> Photo Black and Matte Black inks that have real, if 
> arcane, relevance to black and white inkjet printing.