Re: Marquee graphic question


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Posted by RandyT on 22, 2001 at 5:41 PM:

In Reply to: Re: Marquee graphic question posted by Howard Casto on 22, 2001 at 12:40 PM:

: Applying a guassian blurr will smooth out the image somewhat, but it's still going to loose shaprness though.... Keep in mind that screen resolution is much higher than printer res. Have you did a test print yet? Sometimes it looks ok once it's printed out because of this.

This isn't quite correct, Howard. The average printer nowadays is 600 to 1200 DPI (dots per inch). Even if you have a 21" Monitor, and your resolution is 1600x1280, you will still only have about 76 DPI, which is a lot less than 600.

Blowing up small images is not a pretty thing no matter what you do. Applying a blur will just make it blurry, but will get rid of some of the stairstepping. If you are a reasonable distance away from the print (like 10 feet) it might look ok, but when you get up on it, expect it to be pretty ugly.

I agree with the previous poster who said "get a bigger image". It's really the only solution for good quality.

RandyT


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