Vector and Raster
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- grafiske
Is anyone well versed in how a printer actually prints vector, the mechanical side of it?
I understand that vector images are mathematical equations, but I cannot verbalize it well, why it looks better and is better and how a printer can print lets say, a vector circle so much better than a raster circle.
Links? Thoughts? Anything!
Thank you
- acescence0
well, it's not necessarily the way the printer outputs it that makes it superior, as a high-res bitmap should look as good as a vector printed at high-res. it's the fact that it's not tied to a specific resolution that makes it superior, so outputting a vector on a 1200 dpi printer will look better than a 600 dpi printer, but you will see no difference in the bitmap version if it's only a 600 dpi bitmap. 600 dots will always be 600 dots.
- CyBrain0
In theory it should be the same, if using hi res raster, but I wouldn't use 10pt bitmap type instead of postscript type.