Re: 208 B transistors !!

BGB wrote:

On 4/21/2024 5:02 PM, MitchAlsup1 wrote:

BGB wrote:
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No information on what sorts of densities are possible; crude guess is it is roughly a ~ 133333um process, based on the assumption of a 300 dpi printer (possibly more or less).

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300 DPI is 1995 technology, I would be surprised if you could not find
4800 DPI printers. This, alone, changes the lambda by 160×.
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 The stuff I was aware of, printer resolution was usually assumed to be between 72 to 300 DPI.
 Apparently (looks up stuff), inkjet typically ranges from 300 to 720 DPI (with 600 to 1200 for laser printers, and 1000 to 2400 for photo printers).
  Not sure of the DPI of a generic office-style inkjet printer (assuming one gets one of the ones that allows for refillable ink cartridges).

I probably do more high-resolution printing than most of you, since I'm the leader of the Mapping Commision of the Norwegian Orienteering Federation.
For any given orienteering map, we need to print very sharp (i.e. maximum contrast) lines. Both black (road edges etc) and brown (contours) lines are just 0.10mm wide, and since brown requires a CMYK mix of either 3 or 4 components, you have to start with a _very_ high resolution printer to consistently get good results.
2400x2400 DPI is what you really need, it is available on the highest end print engines (from Xerox and others), but you also need very good software to generate visually optimal vector to raster conversions (i.e. like the industry standard Fiery RIP).
1200x1200 laser printers are the new medium/low end standard, you can get that with A3 size paper at a reasonable price.
Ink jet photo printers typically deliver significantly smaller dot sizes, but at far higher per page costs.
Terje
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