Digital BW, The Print

Austin:

I am talking about a Canon S9000 in both color and B&W and also best 
images for Fuji Frontier.  Workflow is Photoshop direct from a Canon 
D60 or a scan from a 35mm transparency (Velvia or Provia) at 4000dpi 
with SS4000.

Duncan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Austin 
Franklin" <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> > Can someone post or direct me (WWW) to a resolution chart for
> > printing?  What I want to know is what image resolutions and DPI 
are
> > best for each sized print, 4X6, 5X7, 8X10, 11X14 and so on.  I 
know
> > that there is a point in which everything else is overkill for a
> > specific resolution and DPI.
> 
> Duncan,
> 
> I don't know what you're asking.  What printer are you talking 
about?  What
> workflow?
> 
> Typically, there is no "specific resolution and DPI" for printing 
B&W on an
> inkjet printer...  The higher the resolution you send to the print 
driver,
> the better your output will be.  This is true on the Piezo driver 
up to 720,
> and on the Epson driver to, I believe, 480?  Print size makes no 
difference
> either.
> 
> What I suggest is scan at optical resolution, and resize in PS but 
do NOT
> decimate the image, which you can prevent by not checking one of 
the boxes
> at the bottom of the resize window...it's obvious which one.  The 
PPI will
> come out to some odd number, but just send that to the printer, and 
you
> should get the best results you can.
> 
> Austin