RE: filmscanners: File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13 x 17...

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

> >> ... that dot
> >> from your printer can only be one of at test a dozen colors.  In most
> >> cases ... the printer can only place on dot of
> >> each color in it's cartridges on any one spot.  So, a CMYK
> printer, can,
> >> for instance, place a C, CM, CY, CK, CMY, CMK, M, MY, MK, MYK, Y, YK or
> >> CMYK dot down in one of those locations.
> >
> >
> > I am curious how you know they (let's say the Epson printers) print more
> > than one dot at any one 'point' on the paper, ie, the CM, CY
> etc. 'colors'
> > you mention?  I believed, though I could be wrong, they only print one
> > color, C or M or Y or K at any spot on the paper.  That they
> did no blending
> > of ink, which is what I take you are saying they do.
>
> Let's call it empirical observation.  With my 720 dpi printers, when I
> print a light green, for instance, using a loupe, I can see that the
> yellow and cyan dots overlay, in fact they are in almost exactly the
> same location.

I asked 'the power that knows for sure' and he said no, they do not overlay.
They are very close, but the definitely do not overlay.