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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Why print at 2880 DPI

2002-12-05 by Jerry Olson

That makes good sense Alessandro. Sounds logical. I was very surprised
to see how much sharper the small prints actually were!

Jerry


> I think it could simply be because at smaller sizes the fine detail of the
> image is, well, smaller, so it needs more resolution from the printer, and
> the 2880 vs. 1440 can make a difference.
> The bigger the print, the less important the printer quality: I think that
> for each scanned image/printer there are two threshold print sizes: one
> below which the printer resolution is the limiting factor, and one after
> which the image resolution is the limiting factor.
> 
> A

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