Spiral Dot

johnny_jay · June 09, 2023, 12:57:38 PM

Anyone using this? We are testing it. Does not seem to be worth the cost.

Thanks,

John

David · June 09, 2023, 01:16:04 PM

sorry, been away from Kodak for a while, what the hell is a "spiral dot"? When did this come out?

what is the supposed benefits of using this dot shape?

johnny_jay · June 09, 2023, 02:25:37 PM

Its actually Agfa or eco3 whoever they are now.

It is literally a spiral shaped dot, supposed to save ink and get you on the counter sooner.

In an initial test, we found the dot gains go wonky because of the shape of the thing, went much higher.

https://www.agfa.com/printing/products/spiral-screening-for-commercial-printers/

Adding it to a prinergy workflow feels like a mess, we are just looking at it but it feels painful. We tried staccato form kodak, that is a year of my life i wish to forget. I believe we fingerprinted every three weeks.

DigiCorn · June 10, 2023, 12:15:11 AM

why go new when old just works?

[edit] at least that's what i tell my wife, anyways

Slappy · June 10, 2023, 02:17:14 PM

Wonder if it will stick as well as stochastic did...

David · June 12, 2023, 07:50:38 AM

concentric screening....

johnny_jay · June 12, 2023, 08:21:32 AM

Quote from: Slappy on June 10, 2023, 02:17:14 PMWonder if it will stick as well as stochastic did...

We tried that one as well, lol

born2print · June 12, 2023, 12:02:10 PM

We did a stochastic job a week or two ago, rarity now. I also thought Hexachrome was going to be the new sliced bread. I think part of the problem is that content creation is in different hands nowadays. Clients do not know color, or don't care, or they created it so they think it's great.