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Subject:RE: At what resolution should I capture? From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:10:10 -0400
Did I not send this to the list? Ah well, please excuse the duplicate post
if it happens . . ..
Hallo:
I recommend you perform some tests, however capture the screenshot at a
resolution equal to the linescreen of your printer, which is approximately
1/4 the rated dpi of that printer.
AFAIK, a Xerox Docutek prints at 600dpi maximum, so screen captures more
than 150 dpi would be wasted on a Docutek. If you are printing to 1200dpi,
then screen captures higher than 300dpi would be wasted.
However, if you test, I think you'll find 120dpi sufficient and anything
more is a waste of hard drive space. Also, consider the dpi of the source,
96dpi in Windows? Check it out!
