Well just a thought but I would ask for clarification Most of these are printing terms. The 110 to 130 sounds like lines per inch. The other weight of the paper and gloss is unimportant to you. I don't remember the conversion formula to convert lines per inch to ppi. I suspect the client may have dots per inch (ie what goes on the paper) and pixels per inch (what comes out of the camera) confused. I have a feeling they might mean that they need a minimum of 2400 ppi on the shortest or longest side. If I had to guess Id guess the shortest.
--- On Fri, 12/19/08, James Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: James Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Can someone translate for me?
> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 9:46 PM
> Herschel and Marilyn:
>
> Those numbers sound right for the final print resolution.
>
> But are they asking for a much higher resolution original
> image of
> 2600 DPI than will be needed for the final print specs?
>
> That spec sounds to me like something left over from a
> really high
> res drum scan coming off of transparency film and not a
> direct to
> digital camera.
> So if they really mean 2600 DPI that will be down sized to
> 266 DPI in
> the print shop, you may need to do the shoot on film, get
> it scanned, etc.
>
> Time for some clarification.
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
>
> At 07:38 AM 12/20/2008 +0400, you wrote:
> >Basically you need an image at between 220 and 266DPI
> (Plus the
> >dreaded Q factor) so make that 300 DPI at the size of
> the cover...
> >So for a letter size magazine, 8.5 x 11 in, you need an
> image around
> >2600 by 3300 (8 mega-pixels)
> >
> >The paper weight and surface data make no difference to
> you.
> >Herschel
> >
> >
> >Marilyn Dalrymple wrote:
> >>
> >>I have been asked to photograph a client for a
> magazine cover. The
> >>specifications include, but are not limited to, the
> following. Can
> >>someone translate the following for me, please?
> >>
> >>
> >>Marilyn
> >>
> >>Web offset: High Resolution 2400 dpi, 110 minimum
> /133 maximum line
> >>screen, 80# cover, 45# gloss.
> >>
> >>
>
> James Schenken
