RE: [OT] Dot shape prevalence
RE: [OT] Dot shape prevalence
- Subject: RE: [OT] Dot shape prevalence
- From: "Richard Corbett" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:07:34 +0100
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On Behalf Of Glenn Huish
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:11 PM
Cc: 'ColorSync'
Subject: Re: [OT] Dot shape prevalence
Yes, Scitex- imagesetters, not scanners. You're dating yourself... :)
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That's all right, I can live with that as I am now retired and have not
maintained any industry contacts this last ten years.
Class Screening is/was their hardware-based screening algorithm, used by
all (i think?) of their imagesetters by the late 90's. Everyone prefers
what they know, i imagine, and this is simply my opinion, but since you
asked (and besides, these debates are always fun...)
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When I departed the business Sci-tex were really only just starting to get
into the RIP product range - I think they were using a 386 PC - and entirely
for the benefit of the then rather new "Desktop Publishing" market.
Everything was very slow compared to the big boys like my Company Crosfield
Electronics and certainly Sci-Tex - but then the product cost reflected
that.
What if all of the astounding, incredible leaps in printing industry
technology over the last 20 years were focused purely on making better
prints? On printing better images than were ever possible before?
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The ability to produce top quality print exists both in terms of hardware
sophistication and operator ability BUT the market will not pay for it.
This should not come as much of a surprise to those of you in "the trade"
because you must surely be aware of the alternative-to-print technologies
now available for exploitation my non specialists - you know, ordinary
people like what I is. Anyone can now be an electronic publisher without any
experience or training, and indeed why not? Increased democratization of
these formerly closed professional activities will certainly increase the
size of the market by more than somewhat and as more and more individuals
become involved in these processes, competition will ensure that standards
rise as well as costs come down.
The net result is that cost and end user selling price, which are the key
factors to be taken into account if business survival is the name of the
game, which of course it is at the moment, but later on, the market will
almost certainly fragment into various areas of cost/quality variation and
at that point your standards will become "in demand" again and you will both
flourish and live happily ever after.
When that time comes you will rejoice and praise the ancient Corbett for his
wise, wise words. After which time you will go to some considerable lengths
to find out where I live, and then you will transfer a very large sum of
money into my bank account.
At that point I will also flourish and live happily ever after too (:-)
Richard
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