[Trance-R]

Hi guys, I just got a printer that could print 2400 x 1200 dpi images. My question is... how in the Spooge could I print it at that resolution? First I changed the print size units to 100%. I went into the image size dialogue and found out I could only enter a max value of 720 dpi. Then I am even more surprised to find that the print dialogue pulldown menu in photoshop only goes up to 600 dpi! What's going on?! And I did install the driver correctly. Nothing is wrong with the hardware either. Someone please help me!

[This message has been edited by Trance-R (edited October 24, 2000).]

[Trance-R]

wow... this topic got moved 10 down in 30 minuts!

[Flexible Elf]

I dunno why that is. I can print 1440 dpi out of photoshop just fine. it has to be a printer driver issue.

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[Trance-R]

Aw craps! Thanks for your reply Elf.
Did the print dialogue show 1440 dpi as one of the print resolution?

[Seph|roth]

why in the world would you print something at more than 600 dpi from home anyway ?
I mean, that high res is mostly used to print out large pictures or magazines...

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[Sc00p]

Magazines are actually at 130-150lpi...so that's 300dpi.

All you really should do is go with 300dpi all the time when printing, unless it's on a laser printer, which does 600dpi, mostly in mind for lineart (so the small details are differenciated).

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[Trance-R]

Well yeah.. but I am trying to print photo quality stuff here... else I'd print with (as you said) 300 dpi or 600 dpi. Anything higher would go really really slow.

[Visigoth]

I have an HP Photosmart 1000 and the thing kicks ass -- I printed something out @ 1200dpi the other day, and it was absolutely fucking clear, on photopaper -- I wanna print something out @ 2400 soon

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[Trance-R]

That's so cool! I am sure your printer costs a few millions dollars.
But that doesn't matter, cuz I have a Lexmark

[Danny]

Trance-R,

lemme attempt to explain this for ya. Your printer builds up it's prints with CMYK dots. Using subtractive colourmixing to try and recreate as much colours of the spectrum as the paper and ink combo will allow for.
It does this by spraying tiny droplets of ink (or laser dots, depending on the type of printer you have) in a certain ink colour ratio within a driver defined micropattern. One pixel is made up of various of these tiny droplets. This positioning of those droplets will occur with an accuracy of 2400x1200 dpi on your printer. This does NOT mean that your printer can (or should for that matter) handle images with that same resolution (2400 or 1200). Another factor determines the quality of a printer. The SIZE of the inkdroplets it produces. This is usually measured in picoliters. The smallest these days any desktop printer handles seems to be 4 picoliters.
Get this straight... You will NOT see any diffirence between a colourprint printed at 320 DPI and the same print at 1200 DPI, even if it was possible. Line-art is a diffirent thing, 600 DPI is a good resolution there.
So don't worry about driver installs and PhotoShop 'limitations'. You just concentrate on doing your colour images at 300 DPI and your line stuff at 600 and let the printer do the rest.
Hope this helps..



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[Spitfire]

Couldn't have said it better myself, Danny.

[Lukias]

Ha!, Visigoth, I'm the Product specialist for that range of printers in New Zealand.........

.....not that any one gives a flying fuck.

Ohwell....and yes that is a bloody good printer

[Trance-R]

Aaah... sounds like I have alot more to learn. :\ I am kinda confused now. Thanks for all your replies.