Re: 256 levels of gray
Re: 256 levels of gray
- Subject: Re: 256 levels of gray
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:00:21 -0400
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Hi Group
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I have a question on the Multibit part of a printer
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Do laser printers have 256 levels of gray with their halftone cells, or
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256 levels of gray as part of the pure engine marking capabilities
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(before halftoning)? Or someting else?
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My understanding is that a if a Printer is 8 Bit (600X600 DPI) then the
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Printer splits each pixel into 256 levels of gray. IS my understanding
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correct?
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Any help in explaning is appricated.
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Rahul Kaushik
It's a function of resolution and lpi.
There's a formula you can look-up that will tell you how many levels of gray
for each combination of lpi and printer resolution. That's only for PS
printers.
Regards,
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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