Claude Schneegans wrote: > >>we're talking about using a Print House... companies that do > professional printing. > > Then a fortiori: what counts is the number of pixels, they will print it > at the resolution they need, > depending on the printer they have, no matter what's in the image. > This was my point.
But it's not valid. The print house is not going to resize your document for the best quality of printing on their printing press. If you scan your 3"x5" photo at 72 dpi for inclusion in a high gloss coffee table book, they're not going to shrink it to 0.75" by 1.25" so it'll print right, as you suggest. They'll call you up and say "We need this to be at least 300 DPI" And if you want your 3x5" photo to appear in this coffee table book at a print size of 6"x10", they're gonna tell you to scan it in at 600 dpi, or 1200 dpi. Why? Because that's accepted terminology. They will NOT tell you to scan it in so it is at least 1800 pixels by 3000 pixels (the equivalent of 3"x5" scanned in at 600 dpi) Wow, are we off topic or what? Rick Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218455 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
