QTR-Quadtone RIP

Sandy,


I appreciate your feedback.
Comparing two negatives with the same density but obtained with different ink dilutions and ink limits tickles me for a while. You did it.
Did you make prints with both negatives or compared the smoothness by viewing the negatives?
A print sometimes reveals artefacts that are hard to detect in the negative.
Using as many channels as possible to get the density you need is maybe the most important factor to get smoothness, rather than the amount of ink balanced with its dilution.
I don't know if different printers's ink limits can be compared, but it seems you use much greater density!
I'm making multiple transfers prints which could explain it, at least partially.


As for the droplets, there must be so many of them overlapping that their sizes are probably not of importance. Especially when using an all-grey ink set, with no darker dots.
But I remember your comment about graininess with different printers and droplet sizes and still wish I had a better understanding of "variable size droplet technology", and control on it.


Stefan Christiansen