by cheaper i was referring to the person distributing it, which would push
the printing, if necessary, off on the recipient. and one could put it
somewhere (if they have the space, UNNA?) to be downloaded.cd's wouldn't
come to play unless there would be a 2nd tier of distros for those that
have only analog modem access... just a thought.
orig msg below...
From: "Gerstein, Sam" <Sam.Gerstein_at_Streamserve.Com>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] "Q Re-print" size poll
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:28:23 -0400
This doesn't well suit those of us wishing to use it as a poster.. getting
a
quality print out of a scanned image like that could be.. difficult. The
file would be a little unwieldy.. though I suppose the person doing the
scanning could write CDs to distribute.. Using a high quality digital
camera
image as a guideline, a Jpeg requires 1/3 byte/pixel. At only half printer
resolution (720dpi for modern inkjets- so 360dpi) a 44" square image would
require over 80 MB. Full res would be over 300MB. I've never tried opening
a Jpeg that big ;)
You wouldn't even want to consider dealing with it uncompressed (hint: 1/2
res wouldn't fit on a standard CDR)
Then of course there's the issue of finding someone to print it from that
file...
/Sam
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