Re: Enlarger lens options.

"Jean-David Beyer" <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

I make some 50% dots (my densitometer will measure % dot area)
and make the contact prints 50% ...

Brings back memories ... My firm designed a graphic arts exposure
integrator that had exposure adjustment in % dot gain (along with
stops, OD (for step-wedge test results), and straight %). Then
we designed nuVac for stochastic screening and the hell with
dot-gain. All about 20 years ago ... the dénouement of analog
pre-press.

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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index2.htm
n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com


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