No, things were reproduced at other resolutions, but the one that worked
best for most images on most presses operated by most operators printed on
most papers without duotoning or duo black was 150. Art books and photo
books were/are often proudced with more elaborate processes. Remember
Lenswork magazine?
Bill Pearce
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:08 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) G12 vs OM Film
That's what the magazine article said: 2 x 150 line pairs. The author also
said that it was only a rule of thumb, not for slavish adherence. But then
we knew that . . .
Chris
On 27 Oct 2010, at 14:41, Bill Pearce wrote:
> The 300 dpi/ppi figure may well be from the printing industry. It is
> the rough equivelent of the old 130-150 line screen for halftones in
> the pre digital era. Going much smaller for normal offset printing
> will produce results like old newspapers. Those of us that regularly
> do work destined for the porinting press have that figure well ingrained.
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