Well John you could check out Postscript printers. Micrograpfx Picture Publisher will generated halftone separations on them, but I don't know if they would be much like traditional halftone separations as I don't have a Postscript printer.
--graywolf ------------------------------------------------- The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 7:21 AM Subject: Re: Halftone Screens from Inkjet Printers? > On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:56:23 +1000, you wrote: > > >The inkjet delivery is more along the lines of a stochastic screen (or Diamond > >Screen in the marketing speak of Hell-Linotype) for conventional plate > >printing. > > Right. Another example is the Barco "Monet" screens. The dots of > stochastic screens are not placed on a geometrical pattern like > conventional screens. Stochastic screens are important to produce > smoother tonal gradations for photo-quality prints, and to allow > printing more colors without introducing moire patterns. > > Theres a short general discussion by Steven Ostrofsky of stochastic > versus the old halftone screen at: > http://www.naa.org/technews/tn951112/p12dot.html > > I need an inkjet printer that will output a traditional, 133-line, > single-color screen in the conventional geometric halftone pattern, > especially at percentages normally used to make background tints at > specific percentages. In other words, I want that structured, > geometric array of same-size dots on paper. > > My need is for customer proofs which exactly match the printed litho > sheet - and the litho sheet will have only conventional halftone dots > in the selected ink color. > > I've heard rumours of one such inkjet, for commercial use, that was > introduced at a recent litho trade show. But I don't have the > particulars on it yet. > > -- > John Mustarde > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
