I've never used a large photographic-quality colour plotter before, and there's one thing that confuses me. The descriptions I've seen say that they can print at something like 2000 pixels per inch. x 42 inches = 168 megapixels per inch of output. Or approximately 50mb/inch at so-so quality jpg. so, for a 2-foot swath, that's 1gb of data. I also know that photographic prints require a certain dpi density or they will look awful close-up.
So, do photographic plotters really use that sort of data-density? If you want something to come out looking good, what sort of dots per inch does it need?
Maybe I'm asking the wrong questions here, but photographic plotters have always confused me. :)
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Date: Tuesday, 28 March 2006 08:59 pm (UTC)So, do photographic plotters really use that sort of data-density? If you want something to come out looking good, what sort of dots per inch does it need?
Maybe I'm asking the wrong questions here, but photographic plotters have always confused me. :)