There is a wealth of information about scanning and print resolutions at Wayne Fulton's excellent web site http://www.scantips.com/ and even more in his publication "A few Scanning Tips". I highly recommend both. John Rossi -----Original Message----- From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Roger Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:45 PM To: epson-inkjet@leben.com Subject: Re: Why multiples of 60 At 10:39 AM -0500 1/15/02, T.O. Galloway wrote: >Why is it generally agreed upon that you get the best prints from Epson >printers if you print at resolutions that are multiples of 60? 240, 300 >etc. > >Does this hold true for other brands of printers? It doesn't even hold true for Epson printers, at least any made in the last few years. Last year I tried printing images at many different resolutions - 240, 300, 360 and something weird like 357.368 ppi. I used 1200, 1160 and 870 printers, with maximum quality (1440 dpi) on glossy paper. I was trying to answer this question of an "ideal" print resolution, which comes up periodically. Using a 4x loupe, I was able to see that the quality improved slightly from 240 to 300, through to 360. What surprised me was that the odd resolution print (357.368ppi) was identical to the 360 print. At the time a brief discussion ensued as to whether or not the Epson driver does its own resampling before it prints, so that it matters little what resolution you send to the printer, as long as it's high enough. There is also some evidence that too high a resolution (beyond 500 or 600 ppi, as I recall) can actually degrade the print quality, but I wouldn't swear to that. At 10:39 AM -0500 1/15/02, T.O. Galloway wrote: >From time to time I teach a bit of basic digital photography in with some >other classes. A student asked the immortal question 'Why' and I know I had >the look of Gomer Pyle. Why not get your students to try it for themselves - might be a fun exercise and it would help to answer the question once and for all. Maybe Jim Nabors can make a guest appearance :-) Regards, Roger Smith - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.