Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

On a similar, but not the same, note:  Using my D100 digital SLR, I 
have found the 12 x 18 prints (360 dpi, up-sized in PS in 5% 
increments) to be more convicing than the same image printed at 6 x 
9.  This is viewing at arm-length, not nose-to-paper.  I find it 
strange, but I have not dug deeper to find out why!  I am going to 
try printing the 6 x 9 images at 2880 dpi to see if the prints 
get "better".

Regards.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Just thought I'd toss this out.  I've spent the day making all 
sorts of
> different test prints using many different settings.  When making
> smaller prints, say in the 6x8 range or smaller, for some reason, 
2880
> DPI is MUCH sharper than the 720 or 1440 setting.  Its like putting 
an
> apochromatic lens on your enlarger.  Especially if you have 
extremely
> fine detail like grass. When I first got the printer, I tried 2880 
DPI a
> couple of times (on 12x18 prints), but only noticed a tiny 
improvement
> over 1440. But for the smaller prints it is much sharper. I have no 
idea
> why this should be so.
> 
> Jerry