Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 09:08:41 +0100 (CET) From: regis rampnoux <regisr@xxxxxxxxx> I am not sure that 16 bits can improve really the printout but I am ready to test ;-) The problem with 8 bits isn't that the number of discrete levels is too small, but that some of the intervals (in *linear* 8-bit space) are too great. This is particularly noticeable in the highlights -- there's a huge difference between 0 and 1/256 coverage, for example. So what typically happens is that you wind up with multiple input levels mapped to output level 0, 1, and 2, and you get very visible steps between levels. If the transform were done within Gimp-print, in 16-bit space, this rounding error would be insignificant. -- Robert Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/ Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf@xxxxxxxxxxxx Project lead for Gimp Print/stp -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton
