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[OM] Re: in-camera image resolution

Subject: [OM] Re: in-camera image resolution
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 10:02:06 +0100
I think that we all agree on this CH.  The resolution of the image  
file at its printing size is not related directly to the density of  
the printer's ink.

Chris
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C M I Barker
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On 7 May 2006, at 18:10, C.H.Ling wrote:

> The ppi you called in the image has nothing to do with the dip of  
> ink dot,
> you should always use highest dip in the printer driver to get the  
> best
> result but an image ppi of 300 is good enough in most cases. A ppi  
> in the
> image has to go through a very complex process to change it to the  
> ink dot
> in the paper. Consider the ppi in image has 24 bit color each and  
> you can
> only have 1 bit per each color on paper (either has one drop of ink  
> or not).
> To get an idea of how it works you can try to convert a grey scale  
> image to
> 1 bit B/W image in PS with diffusion dither, to get better quality  
> you may
> want to increase the converting dip to 600.


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