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hacker · 02-07-2005, 06:19 PM

I find it ironic that the thing we stare at all day, our computer screens, have a resolution of 75dpi, in most cases (99% of computer screens don't go higher than this, including LCD screens, its a hardware limitation).

But printers, even the most bare-bones entry-level printers, print at 300dpi at their lowest resolution (some go lower, but "Fast Draft" printing is 300dpi). We don't look at printed documents as much as we look at our screens.

Does anyone remember the flexible communicator that was used in Roddenberry's "Earth; Final Conflict" series? And what about IBM's "flexible paper" displays?

02-07-2005, 06:19 PM	#3
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	I find it ironic that the thing we stare at all day, our computer screens, have a resolution of 75dpi, in most cases (99% of computer screens don't go higher than this, including LCD screens, its a hardware limitation). But printers, even the most bare-bones entry-level printers, print at 300dpi at their lowest resolution (some go lower, but "Fast Draft" printing is 300dpi). We don't look at printed documents as much as we look at our screens. Does anyone remember the flexible communicator that was used in Roddenberry's "Earth; Final Conflict" series? And what about IBM's "flexible paper" displays?