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On Sat, 02 May 1998 01:13:21 -0700,
In moray.win,
in message <354AD5A1.4F0BBE00@gte.net>,
Tony Vigil <tvi### [at] gtenet> said:

...
>You don't need any more than half (at the max) of your printer resolution to
>obtain a quality print.  This is more than adequate to meet ANY printing
>needs.  Any more than that is overkill & only creates a file that uses up
>uncessary file storage space.
....

I've found that I need an about 120 dpi greyscale image to get a
good quality halftone (on my Epson Stylus 800). About 180 for
diffusion dither 360 dpi bitmap.

Of course, this "rule of thumb" is bunkum nonsense if your target
printer is a continuous tone device, like a dye sub. Then you
need to generate at the actual resolution of the device.


ST
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