Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > > I've missed the beginning of this thread, and I'll likely miss the > remainder, but just because a printer can print at, say, 720 dpi doesn't > mean you should send your scanned images to the printer at that resolution. > The printer requires many actual printing dots to reproduce one pixel > from the originating image. So it is a waste to send a 720 dpi image to a > 720 dpi printer. For Epson printers using standard Epson drivers, the > usual rule of thumb is that the resolution of the image being printer need > not be more than 1/3 the maximum printer resolution. Thus you will often > hear people quote 240 dpi as the maximum needed for image densities for the > older 720 dpi Epson photo printers. > ><Snip> I aim at 240 dpi. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/