Does printing in a higher resolution use more ink? If it does, how much more? Is the ink usage directly related to the DPI? So for example would 700dpi use twice the amount of ink of 1400dpi?
Printing in high resolution uses more ink?
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No. Higher _quality_ printouts, e.g. on Photo paper, use more ink. On the same media, lower resolutions just use fewer but larger dots, effectively giving the same ink saturation, only more jagged.
If you're so concerned about ink cost, and your Epson is acting up anyway, then maybe it's time to move on and get a Canon.
If you're so concerned about ink cost, and your Epson is acting up anyway, then maybe it's time to move on and get a Canon.
lol my Epson is only a few months old and I like the image quality when it actually works, haha... Anyway I'm not about to get a new one yet. I was just wondering if it takes more ink to print in high res because if I print something just to show my friends or something, I wouldn't want to use up any more ink than what's necessary to have a clean print, but high resolution is always good if there's no difference other than the time it takes to print.
When I print on photo paper using the setting for normal paper (I've done this by accident way too many times) it gives me darker, seemingly more concentrated colors. When I use the glossy photo paper setting it has a less concentrated, less heavy look, but looks more like what's on screen. Can you tell me why this is? Seems to me that the photo setting should lay down a lot more ink.
Some print drivers have a mode called "Economy." I always thought that was a lower resolution mode that used less ink. Is Economy mode really not economical?
Eco mode is not using a lower resolution, it's just making smaller and/or fewer dots, producing lighter output, not coarser.
DPI means dots per inch and most higher figures means you'll have a bigger picture hence when 300 vs. 600 dpi the picture is twice the size on screen and when printing the higher dpi usually means slowing the print time down but doesn't really effect the image produced whereas the quality of paper would give better production and use more ink as Peter has stated.
Higher DPI seems to make a pretty big difference in print quality on the same paper for me. Of course better paper makes a big difference too.
I'm assuming LED means printing above whatever DPI is needed for the pic's resolution to produce photo quality wouldn't give you much better results, but printing anywhere under that DPI, you'd notice a better picture as you increased the DPI.
Hey think about this... When I print in 300dpi, I can see little gaps between the dots. When I print in say 2800dpi, I can't. Doesn't that mean that it's laying down more ink in high res because the the spaces can't be seen?
Exactly..as 300DPI gaps may be seen by the naked eye wheras 1200DPI will not, however, if it's shot up to 2400DPI it will be unoticeable but will take longer
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