[scribus] 600 dpi

[John Culleton]

On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 09:24:58 am Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 09:03 AM, Tom Connolly wrote:
> > Someone recently posted he has his tiffs at 600 dpi. AFAIK, no printer
> > needs--indeed can use--more than 300 dpi. At 600 all you're doing is
> > making a bigger file, with no benefits of sharper images.
> 
> I think this  is a bit of a distortion. For _most_ purposes, 300dpi
> should be adequate.
> 
> For high-resolution printing commercially, 600 or even greater may be
> desired. I'm not sure that once you get to 1200+ that it gets so easy to
> see further improvement in the visible quality, unless you're talking
> about printing to a very large format.

My favorite printer wants 300 dpi for photos and 600 dpi for line art. 
-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
"Death Wore Black"
Police procedural
by retired police chief Bill Redding
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