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From: mpk9172@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.P. Kirby)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Photographic Databases
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Date: 8 Apr 90 23:49:15 GMT
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Reply-To: mpk9172@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.P. Kirby)
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>Maybe you can check my arithmetic:
>
>Lets say your photos are 4" x 5", and only black and white. I don't
>think 600 spi and 8 bits per pixel would give you "near original
>quality", but even with that resolution, it would be about 7 megabytes


Why 600 spi?  You would probably want to match the image that your
are storing with whatever your output device might be.  (for example
why store 600spi images if all you can print to is a 300spi printer?)


>Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
>Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
>3333 Coyote Hill Road; Palo Alto, CA USA 94304


Michael Kirby

mpk9172@ultb.isc.rit.edu