Digital BW, The Print

Djon,

>2200 and 4000 Epson desktops print at 720dpi and yes, with some images
>you may barely see 720 Vs 300ppi of other printers if you squint hard
>through a lupe at comparisons on hard surfaced, critical paper such as
>a glossy or EEM.I doubt anybody would find the difference meaningful,


The articles I listed pointed out that you don't have to "squint hard 
through a loupe" to see these differences. Everyone in his test ranked a 
600ppi print above a 300ppi print.

>and I'm sure any difference is lost on a softer paper.

Obviously, if you print on rough paper, you aren't going to resolve as much 
detail. That is why the Epson drivers gray out the high resolution settings 
when you use rough papers.

Many of these rough 'art' papers were invented for inks/paints put on with a 
paintbrush rather than a piezo printhead, and only had to cope with the 
large 'drop-sizes' of the paintbrush. ;)

Bob Frost.


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