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RE: [Digital BW] Image Resolution vs. Print Output Resolution

2002-03-21 by Austin Franklin

Hi Keith,

> To cut to the bottomline for those who inveterately turn to the last page
> first.. For current EPSON printers, the max usable and demonstrably better
> image resolution (when sent to the driver) is 720 dpi (assuming the image
is
> not being resized by the driver). I'll leave it to my friend to explain
why...

I believe there is a more important bottom line:

> There are no "magic numbers" - just throw whatever
> resolution you end up with at the printer and let the magic of
> stochastic dithering and spatial noise shaping sort it all out for you.
> :-)

Which is what I, and a number of others, have been saying.  Thanks for
bringing Kennedy's explanation into the fray.

Austin

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