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Re: [Digital BW] is 2200 Black-Only sharper than 2400 ?

2005-11-09 by Steve Kale

Djon

You are confusing two different things here:  ppi and dpi.  The driver
resamples (if necessary) images to 720ppi but prints at 720, 1440, 2880 or
other dpi as selected.  There can be more dots per pixel than just 1.

Steve

> From: djon43 <djon43@...>
 
> 
> I don't understand why, since 2200 reportedly defaults to 720 anyway,
> but 1440 is distinctly better than 720 for me, using the Epson driver
> (black-only).

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