Digital BW, The Print

> I can't tell neither who nor where, but I remember someone stating that
> sending files with a dpi number over 360 (or some other threshold) to the
> printer is a waste of time, since the printer's driver (at least Epson own
> driver, don't know about Piezo) is going to discard anyway the
> extra-information (i.e., it's downsampling the file). Therefore,
> apart from
> efficiency issues (sending smaller files), it's better to downsample in
> Photoshop, that has a better algorithm.
> Can someone confirm this, or is it yet another digital legend?
>
> Alessandro Pardi

Hi Alessandro,

The Piezo driver does not throw the data away, and I do believe you are
correct, that the Epson driver does not benefit from it...what it does with
it, I can't tell you.  I would suggest that even if the Epson driver throws
it away, that it is better, as far as image quality goes, to send it to the
printer anyway.  Every time you re-size an image, you interpolate or
decimate the data, which degrades it.

I would suggest you do a few test images and see for your self.

Regards,

Austin