Re: Negatives from computer
Beakman (beakman@netcom.com)
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:48:04 -0800 (PST)
>
> I have found negatives created via laserprinter on transparent material
> to be not dense enough for Van Dyke, etc. I routinely run my files out on
> imagesetter ("linotronic" et. al. usually avaialable at local commerical
> offset printer), but you end up with a screen pattern, i.e. 120 dpi., etc.
The trick here is to NOT use a line screen. Make a bitmapped file using
the "Diffusion Dither" option (assuming you are using Photoshop). I
would recomend a final output resolution no lower than 300 dpi. 600 dpi
will still show significant improvement over 300 dpi.
David Fokos