Printing 16 bit channel???

[dennis johnson]

Is there a printer that can PRINT 16-bit/channel images?

[dave milbut]

is there a human that can see 16 bits per channel?

[LenHewitt]

If you can find a printer and printer driver that can print 16-bit then it
won't be greyed out.......

[Chris Cox]

And an OS printing API that will accept more than 8 bits/channel.

[Eric Purkalitis]

Asiva, different graphic program, works in 16-bit. I'm sure it prints. Whether it sends the print job as 16-bit, I don't know.

[Andrew Pietrzyk]

You can't print the image within Photoshop until you convert the image
to 8-bit.




I must have $50,000 version of PS 7. My Print option is NOT grayed out for 16-bpc images and I don’t think my two Epsons are 16-bpc devices either.

[Eric Purkalitis]

Oops, and I can't go back to edit anymore and make myself seem smarter.

[Chris Cox]

Eric - in recent versions of Photoshop, the image is automatically converted to 8 bit (same as Asiva does).

[YrbkMgr]

Chris,

So one may *think* that they are printing 16 bit (regardless of the logic behind that thought process), but photoshop converts it (silently) to 8 bit for printing?

[Chris Cox]

Correct. (too many people were confused by print not working ;-)

[Andrew Pietrzyk]

Just don’t fix “missing filters” the same way Chris…many people confused about that too. ;)

[Chris Cox]

Andrew - ok, I won't ;-)