Digital BW, The Print

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:48:16 +0800, Bob Frost <bob@...> wrote:

> Ginny,
> I think you missed John's point. You were talking about prints made from
> 16bit and 8bit images on an 8bit printer, ie a printer whose driver
> downsamples 16bit files to 8bit before printing it.
> John was making the point that some printers are now 16bit, ie their  
> printer
> drivers can handle all 16bits, so you would have to repeat your tests  
> with
> 16bit and 8bit images printed on a printer with a 16bit driver.
> In time, I expect many more printers will handle 16bit files, but until
> someone has done the comparisons with one of those printers, we won't  
> know
> what the difference is, if any.
> Bob Fros


interesting read

http://visual-vacations.com/Photography/bit_depth_comparison.htm