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Re: Getting 255 Grey Levels

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From: Anders Thulin
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1989 07:28
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In article <1597@murdu.oz> rab@murdu.oz (Richard Alan Brown) writes:
>[ ... ]
>Has anyone out there figured out how to modify the default setscreen
>parameters to get 255 grey levels?

Perhaps it should be added that 255 grey levels aren't very useful for
human 'consumtion' - the eye can't distinguish between more than about
30-50 levels of grey.
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From: ath@helios.prosys.se (Anders Thulin)
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Subject: Re: Getting 255 Grey Levels
Keywords: Apple LaserWriter, image operator, setscreen
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Date: 24 Mar 89 07:28:16 GMT
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