My point wasn't that the image needs to be 720 or 1440, but that it needs to
be an even divisor of the printers capabilities. 360 is superior to 300 --
on an Epson.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "iwert" <zuiko@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 5:57 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: in-camera image resolution
>
> Interesting mythology!
>
> the resolution of a printer has nothing to do with the resolution
> required to print. Art books are printed at a max resolution of 450
> dpi, 300 dpi is perfectly suitable for good printing. 720 dpi is over
> the top, and 1440 is downright "stupid". It only extends printing
> times, rip times and consumes much processing power.
>
> write it somewhere clear:
>
> 300 dpi is the perfect printing resolution for high quality!
>
> just had to get this of my chest, my wife is in printing business and I
> learned it the hard way!
>
> One possible effect of images in a too high resolution (say 1440 dpi)
> is that they come out much darker than wanted, mostly it is just time
> consuming.
>
> Iwert.
>
>
>
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