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Subject:Re: At what resolution should I capture? From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:techwr-l digest recipients <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:24:05 -0700
At 01:19 PM 6/13/00 -0700, Lisa Wright wrote:
>And another question. If I'm outputting to a 1200 dpi printer, does the
>resolution of my screen captures matter as much? The only effect I can see
>of saving a bitmap at a higher resolution is that the print jobs take
>longer, until eventually the printer pukes and won't print the graphic at
>all if it's a 1200 pixels/inch bitmap.
An aside: if a few bitmaps choke your printer at 1200 dpi, it
needs more memory. Many printers come with only 2 megs of RAM,
which is inadequate for 1200 dpi printing. Get another 16 megs,
and the printer will be much more usable.
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com | Tel: 604.421.7189
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