Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:50:34 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Nick Makris wrote:
> So, the moral of the story is use fewer colors and fewer lines in the above
> formula to force the desired printer output. In the above formula
> 130Xsquare root(130)=1482 and therefore the max printer resolution (1440)
> will prevail. In my reading, I have found that the numbers used for colors
> (130) and LPI (130) above are acceptable for many outputs. Test, Test,
> Test!!!!!
>
> As with all investigation, some questions remain unanswered. In this case,
> I don't understand what the association between LPI (as in screened output
> or halftones) and that of stochastic output which supposedly has no defined
> lines.
>
> If you have any answers, comments or corrections, please post.
Nick, you touch on, or at least evoke, what I have myself noticed --
although my understanding to date is still at what I'll call an
*early* stage...
No matter what resolution I scan at or work in, the printer makes up its
own "mind" -- and does NOT send me an announcement. My current printer
(about to be augmented by inkjet) is a laser with only 4 mb of memory. I
gather that that's the limiting factor, at least with the laser.
But in any form of printer is there a way to make it reveal what
resolution it's actually printing in?
Judy
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