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- Article 665 in net.sources.mac:
- From: capener@hpccc.HP.COM (Chris Capener)
- Subject: Halftone - gray scale images
- Organization: Corporate Computing Center
-
- Halftone - A program to display gray-level files and print them to a
- LaserWriter.
-
- A few months ago a ray-tracing program was posted to net.sources.
- Shortly thereafter a program was posted to net.sources.mac to
- display the gray-level files generated by 'tracer' on the Macintosh
- screen.
-
- This is my attempt to improve on that program and to provide a means
- to print on the LaserWriter with its full resolution capabilities.
- Halftone outputs to the LaserWriter directly in PostScript and uses
- its halftone gray patterns. By accessing them directly one can get much
- finer control of the gray intensity than by using Quickdraw grays and
- letting them be mapped by the LaserWriter.
-
- For the screen display part of the program I defined a set of halftone
- grays to replace the QuickDraw gray patterns. The main advantage of
- this is that it eliminates the 'seams' between different gray regions
- in the picture. This is because the haltone grays are designed to mesh
- together.
-
- I have also included the capability to image ThuderScanner gray-map files.
- Unfortunately, only ThunderScanner files that are scanned at 100%
- magnification come out right. Other magnifications result in a distorted
- image. I spoke to ThunderWare about the problem and they said they would
- look into it. That was a couple of months ago. Repeated calls since then
- have yielded zero results. Rather than wait any longer, I have decided to
- post Halftone now.
-
- The normal file format is documented in the 'About..' screen. (ThunderScanner
- format is described in its manual.)
-
- By the way, I have also used Halftone to output to a Linotype 300 photo-
- typesetter (which is LaserWriter compatible). The pictures are imaged at
- 2540 dots per inch and look great!
-
- Chris Capener
- HP Laboratories
- Palo Alto, CA
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- hplabs!hpccc!capener
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