Syyd IS from upstate NY and Colm is originally from UK LOL.

Mischa, I think the feeling (expressed as 'wasting ink') may actually be that one really just can't see an appreciable difference between 1440 and 2880 in the Epsons--that's MY guess from the posts I've read. I have 3 Epson printers--one can only print 1440, the other 2 2880, but I stay at 1440--because I really couldn't tell the difference--maybe with a loupe, but not with my naked eye.

I'd search for a site online that discusses image and printer resolutions or look in the help of whatever graphics app you are using (PS, PSP, etc.). Once you get it in your head, its not confusing, but I admit, until you get your head around it, it is smile. Diane

Misha, they were set up using Yahoo groups--you can read through archives, check the messages online or get them, like the maillists of yore, delivered as posted or digest. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/?yguid=1475141 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers/?yguid=1475141 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epson-inkjet/?yguid=1475141 and one for Piezography archival color http://groups.yahoo.com/group/piezography-color/?yguid=1475141

Above 300 ppi is sort of a waste, but if you have an image with a great deal of resolution and want to print a small size, that's where you are. No reason to interpolate UP to more than that though. There are some terrific digital printing mail lists. These folks make printing an art---most on my b/w digital print list are shooting with film, scanning with state of the art scanners and printing digitally--for sale. They are interested in producing very VERY good prints--and as archival as possible. Then there are several other lists--some printing with just Epsons, etc. If you are interested in getting the best print with your equipment, then I'd advise trying one of these lists. And then, of course, there is color managment LOL---this will ensure a better print also, though has nothing to do with resolution. BTW, Misha, one of the lists has been discussing the relationship between the pixels and the dots.

Just thought I'd add--if you have 1600 pixels by 2000 pixels and want it to print 4 x 5, the resolution would be 400 ppi (but the printer would still print 720/1440 or whatever). If you wanted those same pixels to print a 10 x 12.5, then your resolution would only be 160 ppi--and you most likely would see some pixelation. This is where you would want to 'resize' AND 'resample' up to 240 to 300 ppi. Diane

Oh, yes, def. Camera resolution is ppi and printer is dpi--quite a different ballgame. Image resolution up to 240 seems adequate, though 300 is 'perfect', but others, as I said, are getting very nice 8 x 10 prints at 180 ppi (that's image resolution, not printer). For the Epson printers, I always print at 1440, BTW. Most everyone on my print forums feels 2880 is wasting ink. I think you mean you are resampling your images at 300 ppi (pixels per inch--that means if you have an image 4 x 6, it would be 1200 pixels wide and 1800 pixels long. If you resampled it to 240 ppi, then it would be 960 x 1440 pixels -altho' it is not a good idea to resample 'down'--resizing and resampling are different though)--the printer is printing at 360/720/1440 or 2880 and that's dots per inch--and with the Epsons it has a lot to do with how the ink is laid down also.

Beautiful baby--and glad things are settling down.

I suppose that's theoretical-most find they don't need 300 ppi. Most people, with good 4 MP cams are getting excellent 5 x 7's and 8 x 10's with photo printers--esp. the Epsons (and I hear the new Canons also). If you do a bit of bicubic resampling/resizing in PS or use Qimage to print with (it uses Lanzos interpolation), you will get terrific 8 x 10's. I just printed some 11 x 14 prints from my Oly E10 4.1 MP--I did resample/resize in PS though. The other route is to use Genuine Fractals. In reality, you will get very very good prints with 240 ppi on the Epson photo printers--and many say they get good ones at 180--depending upon the image. Diane

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Attached Link: http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/archival_inks/mis_inks.html

1009 on right now--relatively slow on cable. One of the reasons I check in less often. It seems to take forever for the site to load--and I do want to look at the images. 'Course, I've been around R'osith for years--and it really hasn't changed much on that score smile. Diane/picnic

Thank you for posting these and your narrative. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm wondering if, in The Netherlands, nudity is fairly accepted in the right circumstances (like the beach, for instance)? My Swiss friends had a difficult time understanding why anyone objected to under 4 yr.olds without clothing on their own deck. They seem fairly comfortable with nudity--totally non-sexual, as you say. What an incredible experience. Diane/picnic

It really is a terrific program. I used it for years and years--since 3.12 I think. Then I had Corel PHotopaint 9 and now I have 'ta da'!!!!--PS 6.01. Yes, really love the paper. I find it a 'warm' paper, but adjusted accordingly--the prints are super. Cheers, Diane

Geez oh man. On my side, it didn't even post--I copied my message to add later when the 'osity server was running better LOL. Diane