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RE: [Digital BW] Optimal DPI Followup

2003-02-28 by Austin Franklin

> > >> I've proven this time and time again, and am happy to
> > >> do it here one more time just to take some weight
> > >> out of the myth that inkjet
> > >> printers can't "realize" anything above 240 PPI.
>
>
> Just to add my earlier studies to the "weight".  Here are
> tests I did on the HP970CSE and the Epson 870, also showing
> that those printers can resolve image data higher than 240 DPI.
>
> http://studio-nelson.com/prntscan/prnres0.htm

Hi Peter,

The PRINTERS can "realize" image data up to their printing resolution.  It's
the DRIVER that is the limiting factor here.  Case in point, the Piezo
driver can utilize data up to 720PPI, with a point of diminishing return
about 480.

Regards,

Austin

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