Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sam, I would suggest a finer line screen. You most likely are using a screen too big for the job and need to go smaller, thus making the dots appear smaller. If you're using anything larger than a 150 dpi line screen it's too big. With a press there is no way to get a photo printed without using dots...you're locked in on that. Get a loupe an look at some printed images...they are all made up of dots. Some appear less so because they are smaller than others. If it's printed on a press, it's made up of half tone dots. Hope this helps. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Carleton" <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: [Leica] [VOT] half tone printing : I have no clue what I am talking about, nor where to turn, thus I : thought of the LUG. I just got some business cards printed. The cards : have a B&W image on them and shading behind some of the lettering. : First off, the cards do look VERY good, but... : : I can see all those little dots in the picture and in the shading. When : I asked the owner about how to get things printed without dots, he had : no clue. I know that the whole dot thing is very standard and is how : many if not all magazines are printed. But I also know that there is : some way to printing a continues tone, what we photographers are use to : looking at in our images. : : First off what are these two styles of printed called? Does anyone know : if and where I can go to get B&W printed printed with a continues tone? : : Thanks! : : Sam Carleton : -- : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html