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

2002-03-22 by Alan Zinn

At 06:05 PM 3/21/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>What follows is as it has been explained to me by an Imaging system 
>scientist/design engineer. He also happens to be a skilled printer and 
>photographer, who does his prints on EPSONs. He also is a regular contributor 
>to my (shamelss plug)  1700+ member user list of EPSON photo printer 
>afficionados.  ;-)
>
>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...
>
>Keith
>

Keith,

Ahhh, breath-takingly informative! I feel I am a better person now having
read it although I'd surely flunk the quiz.  Must have the author's name for
proper crediting.  

Thanks,

AZ


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