Digital BW, The Print

Just thought I'd toss this out.  I've spent the day making all sorts of
different test prints using many different settings.  When making
smaller prints, say in the 6x8 range or smaller, for some reason, 2880
DPI is MUCH sharper than the 720 or 1440 setting.  Its like putting an
apochromatic lens on your enlarger.  Especially if you have extremely
fine detail like grass. When I first got the printer, I tried 2880 DPI a
couple of times (on 12x18 prints), but only noticed a tiny improvement
over 1440. But for the smaller prints it is much sharper. I have no idea
why this should be so.

Jerry

Jerry,

On a similar, but not the same, note:  Using my D100 digital SLR, I 
have found the 12 x 18 prints (360 dpi, up-sized in PS in 5% 
increments) to be more convicing than the same image printed at 6 x 
9.  This is viewing at arm-length, not nose-to-paper.  I find it 
strange, but I have not dug deeper to find out why!  I am going to 
try printing the 6 x 9 images at 2880 dpi to see if the prints 
get "better".

Regards.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Just thought I'd toss this out.  I've spent the day making all 
sorts of
> different test prints using many different settings.  When making
> smaller prints, say in the 6x8 range or smaller, for some reason, 
2880
> DPI is MUCH sharper than the 720 or 1440 setting.  Its like putting 
an
> apochromatic lens on your enlarger.  Especially if you have 
extremely
> fine detail like grass. When I first got the printer, I tried 2880 
DPI a
> couple of times (on 12x18 prints), but only noticed a tiny 
improvement
> over 1440. But for the smaller prints it is much sharper. I have no 
idea

> why this should be so.
> 
> Jerry

Jerry

I only tried 2880 dpi once.  Since 2880 isn't supported for matt 
paper, I used the PGPP setting but got prints that were much 
lighter.  Due to the time involved, and since I was happy with 1440, 
I didn't bother to take it any further.  What settings are you using 
to print 2880?  Are you having to tweak the sliders or the image 
before printing?  It sounds like it might be worth revisiting for 
smaller images.

K2

One thing many people don¹t know (and Epson may not make perfectly clear) is
that when you print at 2880, you NO LONGER get variable ink droplet
delivery! In most cases, 1440 will produce a more preferred print simply
because the variable droplet size really helps smooth things out depending
on the image you are printing.

Andrew Rodney 


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Andrew:
Is this true with all of the 2880 Epson printers?
In the case of, lets say, the 2200 (a printer which would be used by the
“higher-end, higher-expectation” folks) 
why doesn’t Epson make this
kind of information more readily available? 
 
Stan Shire
Associate Professor/Department Chair
Photographic Imaging
Community College of Philadelphia
Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
Author: Hands On Photoshop 7: Tutorial Workshops

215 751-8320
sshire@...

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Rodney [mailto:andrew@...] 
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:54 AM
To: Digital B&W
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Why print at 2880 DPI
 
One thing many people don¹t know (and Epson may not make perfectly
clear) is
that when you print at 2880, you NO LONGER get variable ink droplet
delivery! In most cases, 1440 will produce a more preferred print simply
because the variable droplet size really helps smooth things out
depending
on the image you are printing.

Andrew Rodney 


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on 12/5/02 8:33 AM, Shire,Stanley at sshire@... wrote:

> Is this true with all of the 2880 Epson printers?

That¹s what I was told.

Andrew


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