Re: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

[Tony Sleep]

> what I intended to call attention to was that with the
> original Epson Stylus printer, a 5" x 7" image whose resolution was 600
> dpi printed out blurry as compared to the same 5" x 7" image downsampled
> to somewhere between 240 and 300 dpi.
> 
> On that particular printer, at least, it caused print degradation to use
> an unnecessarily high source image resolution.

At least if you downsample before printing, you get the chance to apply USM.
Which I regard as essential with Epson printing.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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