Digital BW, The Print

John wrote:
> Dear Ernst,
>                I am sorry my English is not up to your standard!!!
>    
>   Appologies to anyone in advance if it seems like I am repeating myself.
>    
>   Tech Note:-
>    
>   The color module in the R9 pipeline is a true 16-bit in/out processor: 8-bit data are converted UP to 16-bits. 
>   Other modules in the pipeline use data types appropriate for their purpose: the Scale module, for example, uses floating point arithmetic.
>    
>   I hopr that simplifies it for you.
>    
>   Regards 
>    
>   John_E

In the PocketRip PDF manual as saved from the website I see
this line at page 3:

- A screening module that maps the image data, which
is stored internally as 8-bits/channel, to the data
depth required by the printer. For the Epson Stylus
printers, the data depth is either 1- or 2-bits/channel.
The printer model determines key module
parameters.

And on page 4:

SUPPORTED IMAGE MODES
8-bit/channel and 16-bit/channel Grayscale, RGB color,
CMYK Color, and Lab Color image modes are
supported. Layered and multi-channel images can be
exported without flattening the image.

end of quotes

Nothing else mentioned on 16 bit.

Could be my English of course.

16 bit isn't mentioned anywhere on the Sundance website.

Color management often is in 16 bit, internal look up tables
can be 16 bit. But that makes the total of a RIP or driver not
16 bit throughout.

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           Ernst Dinkla


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