If you print on canvas, you cannot go to such high resolution anyways, canvas printers typically print at a lower dpi than paper printer.Įvery canvas print I've ever made has been printed at at least 1440 dpi. What "large print setup" do you have in mind?īut yeah, in Tony's case, a higher resolution printer will affect the outcome, I think. I am not, I am referring to large print setups. Well, I am, but aren't we talking about printing photographs?
I think that you are referring to photo-printers, This is an error, and I'm sorry that it fooled you. In fact, what it calculates is pixels per inch, or ppi.
That is labeled as a dpi calculator, but it does not calculate dpi. The contone image must be halftoned before being sent to the marking engine. The resolution of the contone image is specified in ppi. In an inkjet printer, the resolution of the marking engine is specified in dpi.
The halftoning software in the driver operates on a 360 or 720 ppi image.Ī 300 or 600 dpi printer may be okay for text and binary images, but not for contone ones like photographs. Often they print at both of those at the same time, one vertically and one horizontally. Most Epson printers print at 1440 or 2880 dpi. The actual content would be measured in how much you stretch the pixels per inch (how low). Your point is valid, the printer will (usually) print at 300 or 600 dpi anyways, and interpolate data when possible.