Yeah, I just posted part of that same passage. -Brendan
--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From a rag named Popular Photography.... > > 2. Does droplet size matter? > On an inkjet, droplet sizes can be as small as 1 > picoliter (one trillionth > of a liter) for dye-based inks and 1.5 picoliters > for pigment-based inks. > The combination of printer head and ink determines > how small a droplet a > printer can produce. The smaller the droplet, the > greater the resolution of > the print. Small droplets also let you produce finer > tonal gradations and > highlight details with fewer inks. > > But, unless you inspect printswith a loupe, you > probably dont need to worry > much about droplet size once you go below about 4 > picoliters. Factors such > as paper type and image processing are more likely > to determine how smooth > and detailed your prints look. > > > Tom C. > > Also... apparently a printer may vary the droplet > size it spits out based on > the detail that is required in a given part of an > image. > > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, > briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > > > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: Re: Printer Recommendations? > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:01:39 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Wouldn't detail be further compromised by larger > droplets? > >These are just rhetorical reactions to a series of > curiosities. > >There has to be a definitive answer lurking > somewhere. > > > >Jack > > > >--- Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I read something one time about the way > different > > > papers react to droplet size. The finish either > repels > > > or absorbs the inks differently. So, smaller > droplets > > > would spread reducing detail in some papers. > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've always been curious as to whether there > were a > > > > direct connection > > > > between droplet size and printer resolution. > AEBE, > > > > it seems smaller ink > > > > droplets would equal finer printed detail.(?) > > > > What are the paper considerations? > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > --- Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hum, not sure that smaller droplets always > > > > translate > > > > > to print detail. The paper is a big variable > here. > > > > > However, that's interesting, too. The 2400 > has a > > > > huge > > > > > following, I know, but it's too small for > what I > > > > want > > > > > to do. > > > > > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In keeping with my severe resolution > hang-up, > > > > I've > > > > > > noted that the R1800 > > > > > > advertises having the smallest ink > droplets in > > > > the > > > > > > industry, 1.5 > > > > > > picoliters. The R2400, 3.5 picoliters, but > > > > produces > > > > > > "superior" B&W > > > > > > prints. > > > > > > This is my total offering on the subject. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to be putting my digital > darkroom > > > > > > together > > > > > > > soon and I've decided on everything but > the > > > > > > printer at > > > > > > > this point. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want a large format ink jet and have > been > > > > > > looking at > > > > > > > Canon and Epson. Both of the 17" wide > $1800 > > > > > > printers > > > > > > > have gotten good reviews. I'm leaning > toward > > > > the > > > > > > Epson > > > > > > > since I know a designer who owns an > older > > > > model > > > > > > that > > > > > > > produces amazing prints. I've never seen > > > > anything > > > > > > from > > > > > > > a Canon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, does anyone else use the > ColorVision > > > > Print > > > > > > Fix > > > > > > > Pro suite? +'s? -'s? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best > spam > > > > > > protection around > > > > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best > spam > > > > > > protection around > > > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best > spam > > > > protection around > > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > > > protection around > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
