Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 11/3/06 6:58:46 AM, E.Dinkla@... writes:


> My first impression on the Photokina was that the 3800 prints
> had a more analogue photo quality and I like the quality of
> the K3 models more. Could it be what you describe here or
> could it be the new dithering that gives that image?
> 
Neil Snape described the new dithering of the new wide format HPs as being 
'more like film grain', and I replied that I hoped he meant 'through a loupe' as 
I would not be pleased with visible grain of any type. The B&W images HP 
chose to display were all large shots from small film, so any inkjet dithering was 
lost in the actual image grain. But in my own printing with the Z 3100, I 
found the new dither to be as unnoticable as the new 3800 dither. Canon's new 
wideformats are a bit coarser in dither than the Epson K3s, but again, only with 
your nose to the paper at best, and magnification for most viewers. We seem to 
be past the point where this is a viewing distance phenomonon...

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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