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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10094603, member: 79705&quot;]Dot matrix is a specific type of impact printing with a very limited color selection (typically you only see dot matrix in a single color). Y&#039;all will probably best remember dot matrix printers as the type that printed one color blocky characters on large fan-fold sheets that had those really satisfying perforated holes you got to remove. Technically, they still exist but usually for things like ticket printing. They do use dots to print (from the impact wires), but...</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the term bosko meant was <b>halftone</b>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone" rel="nofollow">Halftone</a> printing uses optical color mixing by breaking prints down in color through dots on screens or in digital bitmap processes. It is still the primary printing process used today.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why I said you gotta keep a loupe with you and inspect every piece you&#039;re going to buy! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> If you see halftone dots, it&#039;s a mass produced process and generally worth less.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you see solid color and no dots then you have an original piece <b>or</b> you have a higher-end print process like screen printing, block printing, etching, etc. which are considered niche fine art processes now because they take more time and mastery to accomplish. Those are usually worth more. All the high-end modern prints I own are done in those processes. Halftone means mass production, cheaply, and the worth will usually reflect that. I have some of those too from smaller artists, but the resell value is nil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course halftone has been around since the 1880s or so, and people will collect certain antique prints, posters, etc. Circus stuff is a good one. So lens is a great start if you see something you know has a collector niche. But yeah reproductions are every where. I wouldn&#039;t mess with poster collecting without doing a deep dive myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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