To take for granted or question the technology fundamentals in research and learning?

Abstract

With growing variety of novel printing methods and facilities for their computerized control the rethinking becomes urgent for some fundamental technology issues which just pretend to be clear but are, in fact, the empirical data taken for granted from a long term industry experiences. Based on the research results and educational competencies of author the philosophy of choosing the screen frequency, geometry and press settings, the dot gain nature and multipurpose use of black ink in CMYK are analyzed and experimentally illustrated.