The Contract Proof - 2000

Why six colors? The most important advancement in drop-on-demand ink jet has been the addition of continuous-tone capabilities through more than four inks, i.e., multiple densities of the basic four colors. For example, the AgfaJet Sherpa 43 adds a light magenta and a light cyan to the CMYK process. This multi-density approach solves the problem of graininess.