Matt F
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I was reading an article in a digital camera magazine the other day where they compared printing the same image at different resolutions.
Now, they used an Epson printer that printed at 1440dpi - dots per (square) inch I presume. They concluded that there was no point in a picture being any more than 300ppi (pixels per inch?) because after that there is no visual improvement.
This confuses me a little - if the printer can print at 1440dpi then surely it is capable of showing the differences between an image with a resolution of, say, 1200ppi over an image with a resolution of 300ppi? If 300ppi is as detailed as the eye can see then why have printers that can print at 1440dpi and above?
Can someone explain please.
Thanks,
Matt.
Now, they used an Epson printer that printed at 1440dpi - dots per (square) inch I presume. They concluded that there was no point in a picture being any more than 300ppi (pixels per inch?) because after that there is no visual improvement.
This confuses me a little - if the printer can print at 1440dpi then surely it is capable of showing the differences between an image with a resolution of, say, 1200ppi over an image with a resolution of 300ppi? If 300ppi is as detailed as the eye can see then why have printers that can print at 1440dpi and above?
Can someone explain please.
Thanks,
Matt.