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Nov 16, 2005
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Can anyone explain why a 1200 dpi image in bitmap mode displays so poorly on screen (jagged edges where much smoother lines should be) but prints great on a laser printer? Do you know if if would print well on a more hi-end output device, like a kodak approval? Not being able to see on screen what will print seems like too much guess work to me.
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Lorem Ipsum
Nov 16, 2005
"billy" wrote in message
Can anyone explain why a 1200 dpi image in bitmap mode displays so poorly on screen (jagged edges where much smoother lines should be) but prints great on a laser printer? Do you know if if would print well on a more hi-end output device, like a kodak approval? Not being able to see on screen what will print seems like too much guess work to me.

View it at 100%, then less in increments to find the best displays. It is impossible to scale the image smoothly at certain magnifications or reductions.

Is it really bitmapped, or possibly a vector image?
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billy
Nov 16, 2005
It’s a bitmap. Black pixels only. I always view @100% to get the best preview of how it would print. doesn’t seem to work in this case though.
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Nicholas Sherlock
Nov 17, 2005
billy wrote:
Can anyone explain why a 1200 dpi image in bitmap mode displays so poorly on screen (jagged edges where much smoother lines should be) but prints great on a laser printer?

(Assuming that you’re viewing at 100%…) Your printer has a /far/ higher resolution than your screen. Screen pixels are massive.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
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Tacit
Nov 18, 2005
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"billy" wrote:

It’s a bitmap. Black pixels only. I always view @100% to get the best preview of how it would print. doesn’t seem to work in this case though.

Actually, it does. What you see in your screen is exactly how it prints. However, you have to remember that what you see on your screen is magnified about 1600% if the image is 1200 dpi.

If you print it out, it looks great because the jaggies and stairsteps you are seeing on your screen are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

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