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Re: dpi and stuff

2004-11-11 by Bob Michaels

Go read and digest www.scantips.com  It'll teach you all those
necessary things you really need to know about dpi and resolution.
Even if you shoot digital and are not interested in scanning,
understanding resolution is really important. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dean <dean@t...>
wrote:
> Hey!
> 
> I just read on another camera forum that Epson's printers all print at a
> "native" resolution of 360dpi and that printing at anything else is
> pointless because the driver just re-samples the image to 360dpi. Is
> this true?
> 
> I notice that the you can select select things like "superPhoto-2880" on
> the driver. Does this refer to how much ink it can squeeze into it's
> native 360 dots per inch?
> 
> Slightly confused now.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dean

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