Re: digital negatives for cyanotype

Beakman (beakman@netcom.com)
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 06:35:43 -0700 (PDT)

> Hi
>
> I'm new in this list,

Welcome!

>
> I made a series of digitally processed pictures on cyanotype.
> The negatives were printed on a AGFA photosetter (1200/2400dpi) set to
> print 2400 dpi. I used a simple ditheration (900dpi) as screening. Why
> 900dpi? Well, that seemed to be the finest print that the photosetter
> could produce without loosing too much tones in the highlights.

Could you elaborate on the "loosing too much tones in the highlights"
part. I am making digital negs (for Pt/Pd) on an AGFA imagestter --
output at 2400 dpi. However, my files are 1200 dpi diffusion dithered.

David Fokos