Digital BW, The Print

At 07:58 AM 8/2/2002, Austin wrote:
>Anthony,
>
> > The essential point is that the true resolution of an inkjet printer is
> > nowhere near the machine-dot resolution.  You don't get 2880 pixels in one
> > inch on an inkjet printer advertised as 2880-dpi.
>
>You don't get 2880 cows per inch either...these printers are spec'd in DOTS
>per inch, NOT pixels per inch, or cows per inch.
>
>If the printer says it's 2880 DOTS per inch, THEN the TRUE resolution IS
>2880 DOTS per inch.

I interpreted Anthony's statement as a refutation to the commonly-held 
notion (well, probably not so much among this group) that a printer dot is 
a pixel. When I discuss my prints and printing techniques with many of the 
non-technical people I know, the first thing that they think is that the 
printer is printing one dot per pixel. I usually have to explain that it 
takes many printer dots to make up one pixel of the image.

Stan

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