Pixma ip5200 optimum resolution

On Mar 1, 3:22 pm, frederick <l....DeleteThis@sea.com> wrote:
> Pete D wrote:
> > "Photo Dave" <daaaaavvviiid.ev....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1172760724.824333.34830@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> >> I did a search through the group but didn't see a relevant article for
> >> this printer. It's a 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi printer (color), but in
> >> general I've read that the "sweet spot" for printing for inkjets is
> >> somewhere between 240 and 360 ppi.
>
> >> Note: I think it's essentially the same as the 5300 which has come out
> >> now in Canada and does allow printing on CDs. (There was a licensing
> >> issue that prevented that feature from being offered before.)
>
> >> Anyway, my photography teacher said that every printer has an optimum
> >> sweet spot for printing and that posting on a user group was probably
> >> the best way to find out. I imagine that there are other similar
> >> printers in the pixma line where the results would apply to my printer
> >> as well.
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> >> David
>
> > In that case your teacha shud a' told you dpi and ppi are not quite the same
> > thing.
>
> > Bottom line here is that you should get the best printer you can afford, I
> > have a 5200R and it is a seriously good printer.
>
> Your response wasn't much help.
> The intent of the OP's question is quite valid.
> 300dpi is generally recommended for HP and Canon (xxx x 2400 resolution)
> 360dpi is generally recommended for Epson (xxx x 2880)
> I can see a difference with my Epson between resampling to 360dpi before
> printing, or allowing the printer driver to resize - it is only slight,
> but if you are critical then...
> I understand that the latest HP pigment inkjets show considerable
> improvement resampling to 600dpi instead of 300dpi, but the file sizes
> that you would be dealing with may be inconvenient.
> Workflow would be to sharpen (USM) after resampling, and as the final
> step in post processing.
> Some time and hassle could be saved by using QImage for printing.

Sorry if I didn't make it clear that I was asking a question. Anyway,
I gather 300 ppi/dpi (and my teacher did try to explain the
difference) is probably best for my printer. So, that was the
question: what is the optimum resolution? Thanks for your response.
I'll check out that QImage thing.
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Pete D wrote:
> "Photo Dave" <daaaaavvviiid.evans RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1172760724.824333.34830@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>> I did a search through the group but didn't see a relevant article for
>> this printer. It's a 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi printer (color), but in
>> general I've read that the "sweet spot" for printing for inkjets is
>> somewhere between 240 and 360 ppi.
>>
>> Note: I think it's essentially the same as the 5300 which has come out
>> now in Canada and does allow printing on CDs. (There was a licensing
>> issue that prevented that feature from being offered before.)
>>
>> Anyway, my photography teacher said that every printer has an optimum
>> sweet spot for printing and that posting on a user group was probably
>> the best way to find out. I imagine that there are other similar
>> printers in the pixma line where the results would apply to my printer
>> as well.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> David
>>
>
> In that case your teacha shud a' told you dpi and ppi are not quite the same
> thing.
>
> Bottom line here is that you should get the best printer you can afford, I
> have a 5200R and it is a seriously good printer.
>
>
Your response wasn't much help.
The intent of the OP's question is quite valid.
300dpi is generally recommended for HP and Canon (xxx x 2400 resolution)
360dpi is generally recommended for Epson (xxx x 2880)
I can see a difference with my Epson between resampling to 360dpi before
printing, or allowing the printer driver to resize - it is only slight,
but if you are critical then...
I understand that the latest HP pigment inkjets show considerable
improvement resampling to 600dpi instead of 300dpi, but the file sizes
that you would be dealing with may be inconvenient.
Workflow would be to sharpen (USM) after resampling, and as the final
step in post processing.
Some time and hassle could be saved by using QImage for printing.
 >> Stay informed about: Pixma ip5200 optimum resolution 

"frederick" <lost.RemoveThis@sea.com> wrote in message
news:1172780250.200322@ftpsrv1...
> Pete D wrote:
>> "Photo Dave" <daaaaavvviiid.evans.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1172760724.824333.34830@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>> I did a search through the group but didn't see a relevant article for
>>> this printer. It's a 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi printer (color), but in
>>> general I've read that the "sweet spot" for printing for inkjets is
>>> somewhere between 240 and 360 ppi.
>>>
>>> Note: I think it's essentially the same as the 5300 which has come out
>>> now in Canada and does allow printing on CDs. (There was a licensing
>>> issue that prevented that feature from being offered before.)
>>>
>>> Anyway, my photography teacher said that every printer has an optimum
>>> sweet spot for printing and that posting on a user group was probably
>>> the best way to find out. I imagine that there are other similar
>>> printers in the pixma line where the results would apply to my printer
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>
>> In that case your teacha shud a' told you dpi and ppi are not quite the
>> same thing.
>>
>> Bottom line here is that you should get the best printer you can afford,
>> I have a 5200R and it is a seriously good printer.
> Your response wasn't much help.

That may be true but I did not believe that the OP did not actually ask a
question, you may have thought there was intent, I did not see it.

> The intent of the OP's question is quite valid.
> 300dpi is generally recommended for HP and Canon (xxx x 2400 resolution)
> 360dpi is generally recommended for Epson (xxx x 2880)
> I can see a difference with my Epson between resampling to 360dpi before
> printing, or allowing the printer driver to resize - it is only slight,
> but if you are critical then...
> I understand that the latest HP pigment inkjets show considerable
> improvement resampling to 600dpi instead of 300dpi, but the file sizes
> that you would be dealing with may be inconvenient.
> Workflow would be to sharpen (USM) after resampling, and as the final step
> in post processing.
> Some time and hassle could be saved by using QImage for printing.
 >> Stay informed about: Pixma ip5200 optimum resolution 

"Photo Dave" <daaaaavvviiid.evans DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172833176.748017.27010@31g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
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> Sorry if I didn't make it clear that I was asking a question.
> Anyway, I gather 300 ppi/dpi (and my teacher did try to
> explain the difference) is probably best for my printer. So,
> that was the question: what is the optimum resolution?

Most Canon printers use 600 ppi internally (depending on driver
settings for paper choice and quality). If the number of pixels
available for the requested output size is different from 600 ppi, the
driver will do the resampling to 600 ppi.

> Thanks for your response. I'll check out that QImage thing.

Qimage will show you what it gets back from interrogating the printer
driver, probably 600 ppi. It will then do a superior resampling to 600
ppi and print it (now unaltered) by the printer driver.

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Bart
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