Re: Decent results with Gutenprint - the poor man's RIP.
Re: Decent results with Gutenprint - the poor man's RIP.
- Subject: Re: Decent results with Gutenprint - the poor man's RIP.
- From: Kai-Uwe Behrmann <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:14:37 +0200 (CEST)
Am 20.06.06, 19:04 -0400 schrieb Robert L Krawitz:
> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:47:52 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Kai-Uwe Behrmann <email@hidden>
> Cc: colorsync user <email@hidden>
>
> Am 20.06.06, 08:36 -0700 schrieb Roy Harrington:
>
> > I think linearizing the print driver response would be a more important
> > factor than having a 16-bit interface.
>
> The 16-bit printing workflow was allways very reliable and highly
> fault-tolerant.
> Without further linearisation (Gutenprint's "Uncorrected") I obtained
> solid printouts admired by my visitors.
>
> "Uncorrected" is actually linearized.
>
> A much bigger issue, for instance, was bronzing.
>
> That's due to excess ink. That's actually a reason why I think 16
I meant the bronzing in bright image areas near white. The only way to
cirumvent it was to dont use pure white. The next generation of
printers use now a finishing ink to avoid this and other artifacts, I
think.
> bits might be necessary even if a driver is well linearized -- the
> correct amount of ink when a single channel is printed might not be
> right when multiple channels are printed.
regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
+ development for color management
+ imaging / panoramas
+ email: email@hidden
+ http://www.behrmann.name
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