Re: Re(2): printing resolution

[CDTobie@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/25/99 4:39:36 PM, Gerry_Conetta@magic.ca writes:

>>Try this math: 600ppi scanner/150dpi required for printing: maximum 
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>>enlargement of four times original size, maximum size from a 35mm
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>>original: 
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>>4" wide, maximum size from a 3x5 print: 12x20, from a 4x6: 16x24.
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>12x20 = 16 times a 3x5
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>4 times a 3x5 is a 6x10
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>   Gerry

Not in printing, where a 200% enlargement is twice the height and twice the 
width, which is clearly 400% area. The reference is linear... try it 
yourself: print something with the laserwriter at 50% and see that it is half 
the length *and* width. 

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@designcoop.com
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