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March_2001
Re: VECTOR: Cosmic Chasm Sideart


From: Phydeaux ( )
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 10:36:35 CST


At 06:36 AM 3/2/2001 -0800, Richard Brandt wrote:

>--- Phydeaux < > wrote:
>
> > Why is that too little? Most printing (magazines and
> > the like) are printed at 75dpi or so
>
>Uh...no...industry standard is 300DPI with a 133 line
>screen...and that's for continuous tone work, like
>photographs...for line art, which is what these side
>art pieces really are, we output at 2540 DPI..from
>those films, silk screens would be made to apply the
>color in actual production situations...and using a
>silk screen process eliminates most of the dot
>pattern, giving the solid blocks of color that we're
>used to seeing on the side of the machines..

I was referring to the item which it was being
suggested as the source, a printed piece of
paper. But that was likely photographically
reduced and then printed by something other
than a screen...

>Hmmm...am I starting to ramble off topic..?

I think we both are ;-)

reb

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