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Gordo: Thanks for the useful lesson. The Kodak chart was my link to the real-world. The small slivers of gray were too small to get at with my i1Pro, so I did the “measuring in Photoshop” and used the spectro on the physical Kodak chart. I overlooked the fact that show thru will make my readings...

Hi, A book that we typeset for a client came back from the printer with washed out and dull looking images. Since there are no control patches in the f&gs for this job, which happens to be black only, I indirectly measured the tiny slivers of gray in a pie chart to get some idea of what...

Thanks for your comments, Otherthoughts. I'd agree that the best course of action is to independently verify those numbers. Good story. Regards, Larry

A book printer supplied overall dot gain figures for a b/w job that will print on coated stock as follows: 1%-1.3 3%-3.1 5%-5.2 10%-10.3 20%-20.6 25%-25.7 30%-30.9 40%-41.2 50%-51.5 60%-61.8 70%-72.1 75%-77.3 80%-82.4 90%-92.7 95%-97.8 97%-99.9 99%-100 Note how the TVI increases continuously...