> -----Original Message----- Richard Kenward replying to P Thompson writes > snip > >I haven't had any prints done before so don't know how much sharpening > should > >be done. I'll be doing 21inch x 7inch landscape panoramics. Martin > Evening's > >book says that often it's not what it looks like on the screen but > experience > >that counts on this. Er, my experience is nil, I know "it depends" but > I'd > >sure like a ball park figure to start me off. I have read USM 200/ 1.5/ 0 > on > >smaller images for the web but what about large prints? > > I have found that evaluating on screen at 50% gets you in the ball park, > but like to check on a CMYK proof if in doubt. > Richard Since the standard advice with USM has always seemed to me to be check at 100% on screen do I guess your 50% screen advice assumes a 300ppi file is being used and printed on 150lpi screen? Logically for regular litho work this seems like very good advice.
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