On 13 Aug 2003, Richard Starr wrote: > Here is a way to see this. Take a good quality 4x6 photographic print. I mean > a good one from a good processor who knows how to focus his machine. Stick it > in your flatbed scanner and scan it at 600dpi and 300 dpi. On your monitor, > zoom in on a sharp detail of the image in both versions and see if there is any > difference in detail, sharpness, apparent graininess or anything else.
This is your scanner, and you're looking at output. This means nothing. > I'd bet you won't see any more in the higher resolution image, because detail > that fine isn't in the original print. What bearing does a scan of a print have to do with print quality? Because a printer only printed at 300dpi, that a scanner at 300dpi can't pick up anymore? This is flawed. > Now we are talking about what is available in chemical photographs. Can we > expect digital prints to be any better? Does anyone look at fine prints, > chemical or mechanical, with a powerful magnifying glass? Actually, yes, I do. I'm willing to bet several people here do. > On the other hand, printing is different from scanning. The resolution > we send the printer is at our option. What the printer does with it > depends on it's software and hardware. But we can be sure that if we > give it too many pixels, it will throw some of them away before they get > to the paper. Paper can only support so much, anyway, so back to the statement: Anything over 300dpi is wasted. > One would think the printer manufacturers who know the exact answers > would tell us. Remember when you found out your 17" monitor only displayed 15"? Your Cyrix P200 CPU only ran at 133mhz? When your 6.4gb hard drive was only 5.8mb formatted? When your 9600dpi scanner was only 1200dpi, interpolated? Say, remember when this thread was about using your digital camera on a Macintosh? -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
