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Article #7783Re: I need a finer setgray
From: Robert Morris
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1989 00:24
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1989 00:24
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Replying to a plea for better screening, mar@athena.mit.edu advises typesetter output. I concur, but it has been my experience that a random Linotronic and a random LaserWriter, even if both are well maintained, have radically different transfer functions. Contrasts which are satisfactory on one are not necessarily satisfactory on the other. You can expect to have to make several iterations with the typesetter, twiddling the transfer function in your PostScript to increase or decrease the contrast. Further, the final reproduction process may also have substantial impact on the contrast, and what you really can expect is the possiblity of iterating again. So don't leave it until the last minute....
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!agate!ucbvax!husc6!contact!umb!ram From: ram@umb.umb.edu (Robert Morris) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: I need a finer setgray Summary: typesetting is only the start Message-ID: <732@umb.umb.edu> Date: 5 Jan 89 00:24:17 GMT References: <21801.1989Jan3.12:29:38@hammer.me.toronto.edu> <13321@ico.ISC.COM> Reply-To: ram@typo.umb.edu (Robert Morris) Distribution: na Organization: Dept of Math and CS, UMass Boston. Lines: 11