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From: meuchen@GRAD1.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Paul Eric Menchen)
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Subject: Re: Linotronic 300 & PageMaker
Summary: LPI vs. DPI
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Date: 20 Nov 89 03:29:21 GMT
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In article _ frontah@PAWL.RPI.EDU (David J Sotnick) writes:
>I have a two-page document in Pagemaker on the Mac and I am trying
>to get my grey-scale 256 shade 300 dpi scans to come out looking like a real
>picture on the Linotronic 300 set to 2540 Lines/inch.
>
>I tried to do this and I got a terrible result on my scans - they were all
>screened really badly. They had dense dots all over them. What am I doing wrong?
>

Do you really want 2540 Lines/inch?  I know the Lin 300 has resolution
of 2540 dpi, but I really don't think you want to print at 2540 lpi.
My printer can't take more than about 90 lpi because it can't be
resolved for printing.  Lpi and dpi are not the same thing.
Try setting your lpi to somthing like 90, maybe a little less, and then
print. If you want finer detail and don't need to copy or print, try
something a little higher, but not 2540.  If you do need to print,
talk to your printer and ask what he can take.

Paul Eric Menchen
meuchen@grad1.cis.upenn.edu


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