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Re:CSS px is an Angular Measurement by bzbarsky on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @09:32AM (#3698293)
Interesting. Do printers use halftone screens for pure black-and-white content as well?
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Re:CSS px is an Angular Measurement by jonah on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @05:12PM (#3700455)
If it's pure crisp black like text, then no.

Sometimes pure black is printed incorrectly and looks "fuzzy" with dots around the edges - in that case it is rendered with a halftone screen.

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