Re: 4-color carbon question

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@darwin.nbnet.nb.ca)
Sat, 9 Dec 1995 16:57:38 -0400

>>>Also, do the people on this list think there is a market for 4-color
>>>continuous-tone carbon prints?
>>
>>There is a market for any process that is easier and/or cheaper than what
>>is available out there, screenless, stochastic, or contone, IMHO. I don't
>>see why anyone would need a four-color process with continuous tone seps as
>>super dense blacks, i.e., raised about 0.5mm above the surface of the paper
>>can be obtained with just three colors.
>>
>>Luis Nadeau
>>awef6t@mi.net
>>nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca
>>
>>
>Luis,
>
>Well, true carbon is certainly not easier than EverColor's Agfa Proofing

True carbon is not commercially feasible.

>system and all the Scitex equipment designed for offset reproduction. I'm
>sure EverColor doesn't need cold rooms with humidity control, either.
>
>We use a black to achieve the highest possible Dmax and tone modulation.

I was just trying to tell you that one of the advantages of a three-color
process is that you never have problems making the black layer transfer
properly (the object of your original post) since there ain't no black
layer;-)

This said, a system designed to work with four colors does need all of
them. BTW, do you use the undercolor removal technique with your color
seps?

Luis Nadeau
awef6t@mi.net
nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca
http://www.primenet.com/~dbarto/lnadeau.html#A0

>Our scanner is a CMYK device designed to reproduce full range reproductions
>for a very limited print process (offset press).
>
>Now guys, back to my original question.
>
>David E. Le Vine
>david@TreeO.com
>http://www.TreeO.com