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Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: ubiquityman on February 26, 2010, 08:34:20 am ---Also, if Emdkay could print larger (48" wide) control panel art, and self-adhesive vinyl (side art), that would be very helpful in being a one-stop shop for artwork.

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He's not trying to run a full-time business with this (to my knowledge, it's a one-man show). It's mostly a side project for helping the community. He does it well, but for the type of work you're talking about, there is http://www.mamemarquees.com (they also do excellent work).

Firebat138:

I know dpi and ppi and lpi confuses people, but the term most widely used is dpi, so if anyone is confused...  Photoshop tells you the dpi, which technically is incorrect, but they haven't changed it so this is why most people say dpi.

Just use this rule of thumb...  If your PRINT wants to be 24x36 ( poster size) just times that by 150  = 3600*5400 which is the image resolution.  This should be the biggest you will ever need anything for printing... at least these grafx anyways...  print like newspaper and the such should be done at 300 and billboards...  well...  50 dpi...  I once had a contractor request a rendering for a 35' billboard at 4800 dpi.  :-)  Which would be an image of about 2 million pixels in length...  My computer is still processing.  :-)

Sidenote...  I had my CPO printed by Scott and it was a spectacular job...  I would expect nothing less from Emdkay as well..  Both are well respected.  I have always thought about doing it on the side myself, since I have a plotter, but time is always a factor.  :-)

Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: ubiquityman on February 26, 2010, 08:34:20 am ---I was originally a bit taken back by your comments of "there is ZERO jaggies", as I know, regardless of the device there are jaggies.

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What do you define as jaggies, then? The pixelated jaggies in your picture above? There is nothing even close to that in what I'm looking at. This Galaga marquee is full of curves and curves are a great source of jaggies....and there are none here.

ubiquityman:


--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 26, 2010, 10:35:36 am ---What do you define as jaggies, then? The pixelated jaggies in your picture above? There is nothing even close to that in what I'm looking at. This Galaga marquee is full of curves and curves are a great source of jaggies....and there are none here.

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Jaggies are step changes that you can see.
Get out a magnifying glass and view it at 5x and tell me if you can see any jaggies.
Look for high contrast changes such as a light colored curve/outline bordering a dark space without and transition or trapping.

You have to keep in mind that the photo I posted earlier is magnified over 5x, to emphasize the jaggies or at least make them easier to see.

Like I said, if you or someone else can scan at 350DPI, that should be about equivalent to what I previously posted.
I am expecting that you really do have a higher resolution print than what I have, but I just would like to understand how much better it is.

(RE: the mamemarquees link.  I have previously seen their site.  Thanks for the reminder though.)


D_Harris:

Well, if you have to use a magnifying glass to see jagged edges then for all intents and purposes there are none.  ;D

I would ask what is the best DPI/LPI for artwork, but that would depend on what kind of artwork we are talking about.

Side-art and marquee artwork is typically low in detail.

Nevertheless, since I'm working on a unique art project where the art will be along the lines of that seen on the cover of Heavy Metal Magazine, I would like to get opinions on what kind of hardware is needed for that.(I have my eye on a printer if I can't get it done anywhere else).

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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