[rescue] Re: SBE/S

[Andrew Weiss]

That's why you need a Color Laserjet 4550 :-).

Those things print really nicely...

GAWD I want one.

Andrew

On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 04:59 PM, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> 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
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