Reply To: InDesign/Prepress Myths

Using the short hand term “Combination Tone” to describe an 8-bit TIFF incorporating Type/Line Art with Color/Grayscale may help to succinctly distinguish the resolution needs of this type of image compared to those of a typical photograph (clouds > architecture).

The Myth of no-more-than-300dpi (or something x LPI) for any printed 8-bit TIFF seems especially pervasive today.

Here is one enlightened printer's suggestion for Combination Tone resolutions: https://dx.sheridan.com/guideli…..tml#images

Before we get dizzy with theories of downsampling & halftone intervals, it may be easier & more accurate to look at some output.

I put up a few samples at: bit.ly/hcbcU5

MG