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Re: DPI help
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Sat, 28 Apr 2001 02:06:55 GMT
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Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> wrote:
actually drop 4 or so ink droplets for each pixel, a 300 dpi image is kind of
excessive.  Does anyone know the minimum dpi I can render my image and still
take advantage of the 300 dpi of the plotter?

Depends on the driver, I think. I know HP inkjets actually change ink dot
size to achieve a better appearance without needing higher resolution....

My suggestion would be to experiment -- render something simple and try
printing it out at various DPI and compare the result.


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Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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[FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek] I'm going to be printing a rendering of my current architecture on a 24" plotter, so I need to how large I should render the image. The maximum color resolution of the plotter is 300x300 dpi. However, IIRC, since printers (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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