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Andy_T · 11-05-2012, 06:53 PM

Interesting.

So why did laser printers go from 300 dpi a few decades ago to 600 or 1200 dpi?
The print certainly looks nicer/cleaner on a higher resolution device. Of course, for laserprinters it is important to be able to produce grays, which is not an issue on an lcd screen (but possibly on an eink device)

Nevertheless, I personally still consider a lower ppi eink device (a.k.a. kindle Keyboard) more pleasing for reading than a higher ppi lcd device (e.g. Kindle Fire), unless it is for nighttime reading, thus requiring light.

11-05-2012, 06:53 PM	#6
Andy_T Evangelist Posts: 431 Karma: 5121676 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hannover, Germany Device: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Kindle KB, NT, Fire, PW II	Interesting. So why did laser printers go from 300 dpi a few decades ago to 600 or 1200 dpi? The print certainly looks nicer/cleaner on a higher resolution device. Of course, for laserprinters it is important to be able to produce grays, which is not an issue on an lcd screen (but possibly on an eink device) Nevertheless, I personally still consider a lower ppi eink device (a.k.a. kindle Keyboard) more pleasing for reading than a higher ppi lcd device (e.g. Kindle Fire), unless it is for nighttime reading, thus requiring light.