Yes. I am not familiar with the HP but use an 720dpi Epson in a diffusion
dot
halftone mode very successfully. The dots are difficult to distinguish for
Gums
and some other alternative processes when printed on rough surface papers.
The advantages are:
The tonal range can be scaled to match the process,
It is very easy to make color seps for tricolor gum printing
You can print a long scale picture in gum in one pass.
I don't make a negative on the printer because I find that the contrast is
not
good enough to print with. I print a positive on transparency film and then
make my negative by contact printing onto ortho film..
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>The tone in the prints seems more graduation then in a silver process.
No its not. The HP printer in halftone mode will print only 64 tones
between black and
white, much less then the smooth tonality of any continuous film.
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> rex taylor
> rex@medicaltrans.com
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