Jamie Davison wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 01:10:34 +0200, A. Jans-Beken wrote...
> [snip]
> > I had to create a scene file to demonstrate the capabilities of a large
> > format full color ink-jet printer. This may be the tip for you: Create
> > some of your pictures at full printer resolution (300 dpi or so). If you
> > have a good printer the result will be much better than simply enlarging
> > a 1024 x 768 picture.
>
> You don't really need to render at anything better than 1/2 to 1/4 the
> resolution for an inkjet printer.  This is because it has to mix inks to
> get the colours, so a lot of the detail you spent 7 days rendering is
> either discarded by the program doing the print preprocessing, or is
> illegible due to ink bleed on the final print.

Of course, taking it down to Kinkos is a different matter :-)
(No, I haven't done that yet)

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