Size matters in the "my tiffs hang scribus" matter not dpis.
JLuc Le 07/06/2011 15:35, Mike Sleger a ?crit : > I sometimes print to film instead of paper for the purpose of > photolithography in printed circuit board (pcb) manufacturing at home. The > UV processing of photosensitive boards requires high pattern opacity and also > high resolution. Although I've never created film masks greater than 1200 > dpi, this resolution is still 4x higher than the suggested 300 dpi maximum. > 300 dpi would simply just not print good enough for a good photomask. I've > been told at the printer that clients also use films for offset-printing > purposes in the 3600 dpi range. My old eyes can't see pixels that small. > > On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > >> On 06/07/2011 09:03 AM, Tom Connolly wrote: >>> Someone recently posted he has his tiffs at 600 dpi. AFAIK, no printer >>> needs--indeed can use--more than 300 dpi. At 600 all you're doing is making >>> a bigger file, with no benefits of sharper images. >> >> I think this is a bit of a distortion. For _most_ purposes, 300dpi should >> be adequate. >> >> For high-resolution printing commercially, 600 or even greater may be >> desired. I'm not sure that once you get to 1200+ that it gets so easy to see >> further improvement in the visible quality, unless you're talking about >> printing to a very large format. >> >> Greg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.net >> >> Use http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus to unsubscribe or edit >> your options. >> >> Scribus Forums are available at http://forums.scribus.net >> >> Notice: Scribus mailing lists were migrated to a new host and now reside at >> lists.scribus.net, so a new list address scribus at lists.scribus.net has to >> be used. > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.net > > Use http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus to unsubscribe or edit > your options. > > Scribus Forums are available at http://forums.scribus.net > > Notice: Scribus mailing lists were migrated to a new host and now reside at > lists.scribus.net, so a new list address scribus at lists.scribus.net has to > be used. >
