Re: finer aquatint screen revisited
I was thinking about the aquatint screen and wondering if there is a relationship between the screen percent (80%, 60%, etc....) and the resolution of the screen (1800 dpi, etc)? Does the "%" go down as the resolution goes up? Best Wishes, Mark Nelson Precision Digital Negatives - The System PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com In a message dated 4/23/07 9:59:45 AM, jon@terabear.com writes: Hi Susan, With good care the screens theoretically will last a long time, but they can get dings, half-moons, kinks, etc over time. Since imagesetters have become few and far between, stocking up on custom screens seems to be a good idea...or maybe Loris is interested in starting a cottage industry in Turkey, land of the cheap imagesetter output! ;-) The purpose of my last message was to say I'm basically done looking for vendors and the requirements are less rigid than I thought, as written below. The screens I was getting from CopyGraphics were great, but there's apparently quite a bit of latitude in what one can do with a finer screen. Once I get good screens from two of the vendors I plan on buying a bunch at various sizes, then putting their contact info on this list and my procedures page. The one param I forgot to include was the imagesetter is on the "Fine" setting (as opposed to "Coarse" or "Very Fine"). Very fine produced too much contrast. Jon ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
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