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Wasatch Announces
Precision Stochastic Screens™
Salt Lake City, UT,
June 11, 2004
— Wasatch Computer Technology has announced a major breakthrough in producing great color with the release of new halftoning technology called Precision Stochastic Screens. Already known as the industry leader in print quality, Wasatch expects this innovation to give users unprecedented results and to keep SoftRIP on top for some time to come. When used with the associated calibration procedure, this halftone option dramatically improves both print quality and RIP speed.
Precision Stochastic Screens eliminates the possibility of "stairstepping" or "rainbowing" in the printing of subtle gradations. It also improves the reproduction of all grays. Amazingly, this improvement is achieved with a simultaneous increase in speed. With this method the speed of RIP'ing for variable-dot printers is increased by 30%, and the speed for fixed-dot is more than doubled.
"This improvement will increase print quality in just about every printing process," says Jay Griffin, Vice President at Wasatch. "It will be particularly helpful for media types that have ink retention problems or processes involving large dot gain such as dye sublimation."
Because of these advantages, Precision Stochastic Screens will replace Digital Mezzotint as the halftone method of choice for new imaging configurations in Wasatch SoftRIP®. It is a major advance over previous methods and further extends Wasatch's competitive edge in both speed and image quality.
This new technology will be included in all Wasatch SoftRIP products beginning with the June 7, 2004 engineering release. Users with current service contracts are eligible for free upgrade to this engineering release and should contact Wasatch directly to request.
About Wasatch Computer Technology
Wasatch Computer Technology LLC, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a leading developer of RIP and print management solutions for wide-format digital printing, screen separations, photographic, gicleé and other specialized processes in the digital printing markets.
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