Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you for that informed dose of reality Roy.
> 
> As for noise in the extremes of scans, I see far less of it in drum
> scans than any digital capture I've worked with.
> 
> But really, I think the reason that this discussion has reared its
> ugly head again is that Cannon is suggesting that with their new
> machines that 16 bit is desireable and perceiveable. Othewise why send
> it over there. ( I wouldn't anymore than I would output 2880 with
> matte paper). We were wondering if there WAS any advantage or whether
> it is just marketing talk. I belive you've answered the question.
> 
> John
>

I'd sure like to see someone try it out.   -- print a 16 bit image and then
take the same image convert to 8 bit and print it again.

Roy