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RE: [Digital BW] Optimal DPI

2003-02-28 by Austin Franklin

Bob,

> The desktop Epsons are up to and including the 2200/2100 models, and the
> large format Epsons are the 3000 and upwards that Epson also refer to as
> their Professional Graphic line.

According to what was posted, if the printer has a max of ~44", it is not
considered a "large format", at least as far as the purported resampling
resolution is concerned.  We know that the 3000 has a max length of
~44"...therefore, falls into the 720 category, and the "large format" would
be 360.

> According to Kennedy McEwan on the Epsonx&x list:
>
> "Also, if you check the "DCC" or "Digital Camera Correction" box on the
> driver you will find that the driver produces much less "stair stepping"
> on low resolution images.  With that mode, it uses bilinear resampling
> rather than nearest neighbour to get up to the fundamental resolution of
> the printer."

That's interesting, but it appears that it really only does anything useful
with low resolution images, what ever that means...  Thanks for that bit of
info, it's something that might be useful to try when using the Epson driver
to see if there is anything noticeably different in the prints.

Regards,

Austin

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