I think this is a great topic for this forum.
That said, Denton? I thought it was scan (a negative or slide) at high
resolution (I use 2400) and print at lower resoultion - I use 300 dpi for
prints regardless of size and 72 for web pages.
John P
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Denton Taylor <denton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>I know this is not a proper subject for the OLY list but I am confused.
>I am new to this scanner thing and I thought that you should scan at 600dpi
>and print at 600 or better. My Epson software seems to give me a printer
>choice of 720 or 1440 dpi. The prints at 720 look pretty good.
>I will try not to get to far from the OLY content next time.
>(these are shots made with an OLY)>>
>
>And why is it not a proper subject?
>
>Don't even think of scanning at 600 dpi. An 8.5 " x 11" x 600dpi scan
>results in a file size of about 100mb!
>
>Scan at 300dpi, print at 1440. You won't get better than that...
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Denton Taylor
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