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As stated in the article, laser printers do have much higher resolutions. But then ink dots are either there or not, you cannot have as many different colors as
by tspiteri 16y ago
As stated in the article, laser printers do have much higher resolutions. But then ink dots are either there or not, you cannot have as many different colors as you can in one screen pixel. So comparing laser printer resolution to screen resolution is not so simple.
Also, it would be interesting to know at which point, as screen resolutions get higher, font smoothing becomes pointless.
- ugh 16y agoBut then ink dots are either there or not, you cannot have as many different colors as you can in one screen pixel. So comparing laser printer resolution to screen resolution is not so simple. A 300 ppi screen is a 1200 sub-ppi screen. Those subpixels are not as versatile as ink dots in some ways (a green subpixel can’t suddenly turn red) but more versatile in other ways (as you already said, a ink dot is either there or not – it can have a few different sizes but it’s arguably easier for a subpixel to change its brightness).