sorry, didn't mean to step on any toes..;) Long and short, I believe (but could be wrong), is that you can still get finer detail on the printout than the screen. I haven't checked lately, but it's something like 72 dots per inch on the screen, and even a cheapie laserjet will give you 300. There's all sorts of tricks for getting more hue, saturation, contrast, etc., in the printing world. Halftoning, 'smots', and all the other stuff mentioned previously will have an effect on your output.

I would highly recommend  checking out the printing forum; they deal with this stuff all the time, and it's just a little more high-end than I work with (I fix network printers and run print queues for a livin'..;)

I've seen several questions like this in the printer forum, so by all means, go to where the experts are.

 

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)