Re: the humunculus said no

[Richard Knoppow <dickburk@ix.netcom.com>]

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From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:45 PM
Subject: the humunculus said no


> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, SusanV wrote:
>
> > Gravure folks...
> >
> > Here's a link for anyone who might be interested in 
> > learning more
> > about what this term "stochastic" actually means.  I 
> > found it pretty
> > interesting...
> >
> > http://www.bsink.com/tech/StochasticScreening.pdf
>
> We are led to believe that "a little knowledge is a 
> dangerous thing," and, although I am loving this 
> discussion (and understanding just a wee bit of it) I 
> thought I'd go to that website and possibly learn a wee 
> bit more....
>
> I asked very nicely for,
>
> http://www.bsink.com/tech/StochasticScreening.pdf
>
> and the humunculous in the machine told me they couldn't 
> find it.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> J.
   FWIW, I clicked on the link and went right to the PDF. I 
downloaded it, its advertising for this particular method of 
halftoning. Actually, on screen, the horrible example 150 
dpi images look better than the random dot images, certainly 
an artifact of the PDF or viewing on screen or something.
   I have some publications of long ago with example of 
"excellent" four color half tone pictures. None can hold a 
candle to even the routine printing today.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com