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[Digital BW] Re: the times, they aren't a-changing-so can we start over again?

2006-11-14 by Steven Karafyllakis

It sounds like the hardware itself may be the limiting factor; I 
don't even know for sure if there are inkjet printers capable of 
using the extra info, you or some of the professional printers may 
be aware of such equipment?

Steve Karafyllakis
  
> When I send a highbit file (that was captured high bit, and should 
have more 
> than 256 levels in it) to any of the current 16 bit export 
modules, I get a 
> nice creamy result. But I get that same result if I dumb the file 
back to 8 bit 
> before sending. And an indistinguishable result if I send it via 
an 8 bit 
> driver instead of a 16 bit export module (this is assuming similar 
profiling 
> before these tests). So I don't see a real 16 bit advantage, but 
can't really prove 
> where it comes from, or where it goes to...
> 
> But neither am I unhappy with the results, so I'm not complaining, 
just 
> unconvinced...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
> 
> 
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