Re: Stochastic dot pattern
Sam Wang (stwang@CLEMSON.EDU)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 11:49:01 -0400
>Anyone know of inkjet printers with a stochastic dot pattern. I don't
>necessarily
>need color output, but if I'm going to buy a new printer, color might be
>nice.
>I'm wanting to do some enlarged negatives for photopolymer prints, but
>don't want
>to spend a bundle of money.
>
>As an alternative, if I go to a copy shop or DP shop, what printers
>might I be
>looking for as far as laser printers with stochastic output.
>
>--
>D. Shack
>
>---------------------
All inkjet printers print in stochastic dot patterns. Laser printers on the
other hand all default to halftone dots, so you would have to use software
to make them print stochastic dots.
The color copiers/printers use quite a different kind of technology. The
Ricoh and Canon, for instance, use softish lines of varying width that work
great with continuous-tone processes such as gum or cyanotype, but not so
well with hard dot processes such as silkscreen.
Sam Wang