[TriLUG] OT: Graphics Editing

[Rick DeNatale]

On 8/24/05, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
> Mark Freeze wrote:
> > I am having trouble printing an image on a report cover. (Or more
> > specifically, 300 report covers.)  My problem is this:  I am placing a
> > company logo onto the report cover and printing on light gray stock.
> > The company logo is not in a defined shape, so it has some 'white'
> > areas within the image frame and these areas show up as a light
> > rectangular shadow on the gray paper.
> 
> Are you trying to get the areas that are supposed to be white to be
> printed in white on your gray paper?  I wouldn't be terribly surprised
> if there is very, very high end printing equipment that contains white
> ink...  But I have never seen such a beast :).

Well the Alps microdry printers can print white, and didn't cost that
much, unfortunately they are out of production.

More on topic, it sounds as if the white part of the image might not
be truly white.