Get Your Dots Right

To produce high-quality output, select an exposure level that yields both black text and accurate tints in your pictures. This process is difficult because image recorders can't reproduce continuous-tone images. They approximate tints and grayscales using halftone screens.

The exposure levels needed to produce truly black text (generally a logarithmic density measurement between 3.5 and 5.0) may overexpose your photomedia.