Hi Gerald, This page discusses dye sub technology. Bill's question is in regard to ink-jet printing. Totally different animal. Paul
Gerald Cermak wrote: > Images that don't match the printers resolution need to be resampled by > the driver to match the printer's chosen resolution. Sending a 2700 dpi > image into a 2880 dpi printer isn't going to produce much in the way of > visible resampling artifacts (they are small and blend well). A more > significant chance of visible artifacts happens at much lower > resolutions. > > Check out what happens when you print a 267 dpi image into a 314 dpi > printer (search for "jaggies" near the bottom of the page): > http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRINT/P400/P400A.HTM > > -Gerald > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of William Robb > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:11 PM > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Digital printing questions > > I am in a bit of a quandry, and am hoping I can get a few answers from > the list. I have been told that it is best to size the file to a divisor > of the printer output. For example, my printer is capable of a maximum > resolution of 2880 dpi, and that the output ideally would be 360 dpi, or > 720 dpi, or some such. I have read a couple of posts now where the > printer is being run at a somewhat oddball resolution, such as 743 ppi. > So, is there any logic to what I have been told? Or does it not really > matter? Thanks William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go > to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit > the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
