Digital BW, The Print

What the heck; since the Athlon Xp 1.4 was my 2nd processor and is 
still my back-up machine, I'll add my 2cents worth; with PS 6 and 
7.0 it never had any trouble with 50 MB files. It didn't really 
choke until it got above 150-200mb. My current processor is an 
Athlon XP 3000+ and it is doing fine in the 300-500mb range and 
doesn't really groan until it gets up over a Gig. So I think 
something is a bit gamey with your system, or maybe you've got too 
many things running in the background. More memory as Anthony 
suggests can't hurt, but check your CPU operating temperature also. 
AMD lists 80 celsius as max, but that's actually a meltdown temp; my 
impression is that the AMDs slow down to prevent overheating long 
before that.

As for the file-size argument: maybe I missed it, having jumped in 
rather late, but there's a point that has been implied but not 
stated clearly enough perhaps: the printer driver throws away 
(downsamples) data beyond it's stated hardware DPI: 720 for the 
desktop Epsons, and 360 for the bigger models. Any higher res you 
may think you're printing at, is actually dithering; the printer 
lays down several dots for each actual dot of input info. So feeding 
it a big file to make a small print will produce no better quality 
than having the correct file size to begin with. I have read that at 
least in theory scanning at full hardware resolution produces the 
sharpest scan, but I for one have been unable to see the difference. 
 
Hope this helps

Steve Karafyllakis


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Matthew 
Wensing <wensing@s...> wrote:
> Thanks, Ken.  Your response is, as have been many
> others, very helpful.
> 
> Matt
> 
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> --- Ken Carney <kcarney1@c...> wrote:
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