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RE: [Digital BW] Optimal DPI

2003-03-01 by Austin Franklin

Hi Bob,

> However, having read the Epson blurb again, I'm not sure where 
> the boundary
> is. The 7000 and up are certainly large-format, but whether the 
> 3000, 5000,
> and 5500 are 'desktop' or not isn't absolutely clear to me. But 
> the test is
> simply whether the page limit size in PS is 41" or 82".

I believe that is what I said?
 
> My 1290 certainly has a limit of 41.666 inches. If you set the 
> ppi to 720 in
> Image Size and try and enter a height of 100 inches, it puts up an error
> message and defaults to 41.666.

What about if you set the PPI to 100 and try 100"?

Regards,

Austin

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