#Printing problems with 3
19-Oct-94 05:07:24
Sb: #129697-#Printing problems with 3
Fm: Don Halton 100421,705
To: ROBERT RITGER 75050,2255
Bob:
Thanks for the input.
I did some additional experiments and indeed, the pixel resolution selected in
3ds translates directly into DPI. For example, I rendered an image at 2400 x
1768 PPI. I then imported the TIF into CorelDraw. The imported file was 203mm
x 150mm which is about 8" x 6", which would be 2400 x 1768 at 300 DPI. A
similar result happened with a rendered image is 1600 x 1200 which resulted in
an imported file of about 5.3" x 4". (I work almost completely in metric and
so the conversions from DPI and PPI into metric are always somewhat
approximate.)
I started printing with the 1600 x 1200 resolution. Unfortunately, the quality
of the print does not improve with the image rendered at 2400 x 1768. This is
not quite half of your recommended "half of 3300 x 5100 pixels" but I had hoped
that there would be an improvement.
I am very curious about whether or not I should be setting the Gamma output to
be the same as the monitor gamma. There does not seems to be anything definite
about this in the literature.