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#Printer vs Screen Res.

    19-Sep-95 17:33:19
Fm: Zac Rymland 72073,40
To: Don Nell 73062,252
Don; You are right about the aspect ratio should be 1.0 for printing. However, if you are rendering at only 1024×768 to print an 8"x10" image then you are not printing to the printers full resolution. The Epson Stylus 720 like 240 dpi for it's "720 DPI" color printing. Which means your final rendering should be 2400X1920. However I find that printing at 140 dpi does a great job with the Epson at 1/4 the file size (1400×1120). I have seen samples of the Epson Glossy Paper, and you are right, the images look great. It is not the the print actually looks different (the pixelation and dithering are the same) but on a glossy paper it just looks a lot better. However, at $60.00 for 60 sheets it is very expensive. I decided to buy a Laminator for around $100 plus 5 cents per sheet of lamination paper and get very good results. Hope this helped. Zac (AZ-TECH) Berkeley -Zac Rymland (AZ-TECH)