Digital BW, The Print

*Capture Resolution*: the resolution of the file produced by your digital
camera or scanner.  With a digital camera, it's often at a low dpi, such as
72, but at a large size.

*File-to-print Resolution*:  The resolution of your file when it's sent to
the printer. Supposedly it's best that this matches the native resolution of
the printer, such as 300 dpi for Canon and HP, and 360 or 720 dpi for Epson,
depending on the print mode. If this is not at the native size that the
printer uses, the printer will interpolate the file to that native size.

*Printer Resolution*: The number of dot's the a printer can lay on the
paper.  This is not the same as the File-to-print resolution. The printer
may use many squirts of ink to represent one dot in the file.  That's how a
printer with only 8 inks, for example, can make a print with thousands of
colors.

I don't know of any consumer flat beds that give more than 3000 spi of real
information.  Some pro flat beds and high end drum scanners can go higher
than 6000 spi.


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