I've just got off the phone having spoken to an irate customer, a government quango, complaining about the quality of digital files I supplied to them saved at 300ppi, 7" x 5" in size. Going back to June when I bought my 1DS I noted that the files looked quite grainy when I viewed them on an Apple flat panel studio monitor so resorted to using my CRT (1152x 870) for the majority of my imaging work. The apparent grain could be ironed out when blowing the image up and I put it down to the lesser resolution of the flat panel screen.
This customer is also complaining of apparent grain which again disappears when the image is blown up, she is using flat panel LCD screens and does not accept the difference in resolution between CRT's and flat panels, insisting that they are very high resolution and she has never had this problem with pictures from other photographers or pictures from her compact digital. I cannot comment on other photographers work as I don't know what equipment they were using and told her so. She has tried printing b&w pictures from the colour digital files I supplied her using a lazer printer and says the quality is poor, complaining of grain and white specks. I have just run some prints off from my Epson 950 and the quality is absolutely stunning. She says the files I supplied to her are unusable and is refusing to pay. The only thing I can suggest is to supply a new disc with the files reduced to 200ppi. Will this help matters at her end? I would be grateful to hear from any others who may have also experienced this and any suggestions how I may supply this customer with files best suited to her in-house laser printer applications. -- Bob Johns Photojournalist 01234-314146 (office) 07970-11-7272 (mobile) 01234-314147 (fax) Live, look and learn =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
