When I published FirstTime Dad magazine, we always supplied 300 dpi files in Quark. What the printer did with them, that I can't say, but everything was required to be 300 dpi.

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When you are going to rasterize a digital image you want to sample one with a resolution of at least 2x the final resolution. So, for a 150 line screen, you start with a 300 dpi original.

QUARK!! :mad: One of the best days of my life was when we told Quark Inc. that we were switching to InDesign. That was about 30 seconds after Adobe released InDesign.

Part of the confusion is that DPI relates to the output resolution of the device. It is commonly confused with, become synonymous with and has generally replaced PPI these days.

Old timers know the difference, todays generation rarely use PPI as a term.

Because a computer generates images in pixels, a grid and printers lay down dots of varying size to trick our eye into seeing shades the image resolution becomes and issue.

4/c plates run lines at different angles to try and get a nice roseate.

When the grid is overlaid by the line we find that some pixels fall on a portion of the dot and either need to be included or dropped. When the PPI is too low, the grid too large, a lot more pixels get included giving us that pixelated, square edged look.

So we need twice the PPI for the intended line screen so we have enough pixels to lose without affecting the image quality.

Wait a minute, you just said the same thing that I did but said it made no sense?

This is an awesome thread. From a simple question to manhood to panties back to manhood to doodling to printing, back to manhood, friendship back to manhood, printing, killing people in Nam, typing speed back to manhood, pixels.... (did I miss anything?)

And I said it would die...
Testosterone is such a beautiful chemical.

Shaun did you print Whipped magazine also?

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Why I'm going to beat you up for that Mark, next time I see you, fists o' fury man, fists o' fury. LOL!:D:D:D:D:D

You would have liked FTD, that is if you were man enough to read it. LOL!!!! (women were the primary reader BTW)

In a funhouse mirror
He contorted and died…
Trying to conform.

:)

I met the daughter of the Quark founder once, years ago. Smoking hot, incredibly rich, sort of a jerk.

You you were a real man, (oops back to that manhood thang again), you'd have boned her, told her to make you a sandwich and bring a beer with it. :D

...and be quick about it.

You know I was so tired from beating up her fiance (he shook my hand a little too softly, sort of cold fish, and smiled, but didn't smile the way he should have, so I pummeled him, and anyway, after resting, she did make me the sandwich, my gf brought me the beer and then we had a great wild threesome, so I then I was really tired and then... :D

fists o' fury man!

See, that's why I lost my mancard. I'm not that assertive :( LOLOLOL

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Mancard re-instated!!!!!

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looks like we got a live one here fellas. LOL! :D

I thought it was for that other thing. :confused::eek::eek:

+1 and LOL

OK. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

And iron my shirt!