266dpi works better, and looks as good as 300dpi for most stuff...

-Ed

"Dennis Milller" <dhm### [at] mediaonenet> wrote in message
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> 200 dpi seems to be the current benchmark preferred by many industry
people
> I have spoken with. Beyond that you are probably wasting time and, I
assume,
> ink.
> D.
>
> "Francois Labreque" <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote in message
> news:3BD### [at] videotronca...
> >
> >
> > Philippe.JACQUEROUX wrote:
> >
> > > If i want to print a poster of a povray image (or other).I need a 300
> dpi
> > > pictures to have a good print.
> > > But screen only show 72/96 dpi, and i don't know how i could create a
> 300
> > > dpi pictures.
> > > Can someone give me advice about that?
> > >
> >
> >
> > POV doesn't care about dpi (actually, it only does if you intend to
> > print your image using a printer that has a different horizontal and
> > vertical resolution).
> >
> > If you want to print your image at 8"x10" with a 300 dpi resolution,
> > render it at 2400x3000 pixels.  If required, change the dpi info saved
> > in the file with an image editor.
> >
> > Some people have recommended in the past rendering the image at half the
> > resolution of the printer - in this case 150 dpi - as most printers will
> > dither the image somewhat and you will not gain much in image crispness,
> > only image size, by going at full resolution.
> >
> > You should also do a smaller test print beforehand as colors vary
> > greatly from your screen to a piece of paper.
> >
> > --
> > /*Francois Labreque*/#local a=x+y;#local b=x+a;#local c=a+b;#macro P(F//
> > /*    flabreque    */L)polygon{5,F,F+z,L+z,L,F pigment{rgb 9}}#end union
> > /*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
> > /*   videotron.ca  */}camera{location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a orthographic}
> >
>
>

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