[rescue] Re: SBE/S

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 03:52:39PM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> > Eww, whats the point of a color laser if it can't do nice continuous
> > tone printing?
> 
> Can any -laser- printer do continuous-tone printing?  I always thought
> that the individual dot intensity was at 100%, and you simulated tone
> through dithering.  That is, unless I'm completely misunderstanding the
> mechanics behind the interaction of toner with the laser and fuser.
> 
> Besides, once you hit 1200dpi, you usually don't even have to pretend too
> hard that it's continuous tone.

I was being sloppy with my terms.  What I really meant is a nice approximation
of continueous tone.  I think you are write that lasers never do true continous
tone.  However, variable dot size helps make things seem more continous.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd