[Radiance-general] Normtiff -d option

Greg Ward gregoryjward at gmail.com
Fri Jun 27 18:49:33 PDT 2008


Hi Iebele,

The -d option is useful for printing, with a value of 50 or so.   
(Some printers can produce reflectances below 2%, but they are not  
well controlled in black.)

Hope this helps.
-Greg

> From: iebele <info at iebele.nl>
> Date: June 23, 2008 5:49:34 PM PDT
>
> Hi group,
>
> The manpage of normtiff says:
>
> -d Lddyn Specifies  the  dynamic  range for the target output  
> device, which is the ratio of the maximum and minimum usable  
> display luminances.  The default value is 32, which is typical for  
> CRT monitors.
>
> Is this option also useful for preparing an image for print?
> And if so, what is a reasonable/typical value for printers?
>
> Regards,
> Iebele



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