Forum: Photography


Subject: Resolution and the digital print...

jhazard opened this issue on Aug 28, 2002 ยท 8 posts


jhazard posted Thu, 29 August 2002 at 1:31 AM

Attached Link: http://www.ofoto.com/HelpAboutPrints.jsp?UV=724640949522_97313172105&US=0

Thanks for the link Bevichron! it just takes a second to realize that different printing technologies take different specs to achieve a quality print. With digital, especially photography, resolution has been such a confusing issue to come to terms with. We've had it drilled into our heads so much that you need at least 250dpi for a good inkjet print, and so on, so that seeing such a large size final output from from only 100dpi seemed, well, strange =). For any doubters, really look at some of the online photofinishing sites that offer print sizes larger than 11x14, and see what the file requirements are, and also look and see what kind of printer they use. The 16x20 I received today is amazing. I could never had got this print quality even at 11x14 or 13x19 on my epson, not with the file size i used. These printers know their stuff, and like Clint pointed out to me: check the reviews out on the r'ostiy front page. I did a little research into LED digital printing, and it helped me feel a bit more at ease with the 100dpi thing. Not to say that renderosity is using that particular process, but it shows that the 300dpi rule does not necessarily apply across the board. check the link below and look at the required file sizes... Thanks again everyone who responded! take care.