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

2002-12-05 by Jerry Olson

Andrew, In the case of small prints though, the 2280 is most definitely
sharper and more detailed.

jerry



"Shire,Stanley" wrote:
> 
> Andrew:
> Is this true with all of the 2880 Epson printers?
> In the case of, lets say, the 2200 (a printer which would be used by the
> \ufffdhigher-end, higher-expectation\ufffd folks) \ufffdwhy doesn\ufffdt Epson make this
> kind of information more readily available?
> 
> Stan Shire
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> Photographic Imaging
> Community College of Philadelphia
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> sshire@...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Rodney [mailto:andrew@...]
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:54 AM
> To: Digital B&W
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Why print at 2880 DPI
> 
> One thing many people don1t know (and Epson may not make perfectly
> clear) is
> that when you print at 2880, you NO LONGER get variable ink droplet
> delivery! In most cases, 1440 will produce a more preferred print simply
> because the variable droplet size really helps smooth things out
> depending
> on the image you are printing.
> 
> Andrew Rodney
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