Sharpening for backlit inkjet media...big

[Pete]

Hey folks,

I am sharpening for a project that will be finished as large, backlit inkjets.

The printer gave me specs of 150 dpi at 100%, in this case, as big as 20 x 30 to 30 x50.

Any considerations here? Viewing distances etc?

One of them, I know for sure, will be located behind the reception desk at the particular trade show...the others probably will be seen from about 5 feet on out.

Should I just sharpen for the appropriate inkjet dpi in the PKS menu?...closest possible that is.

Please advise...I do believe that they are outputting from an HP printer but I am not sure.


Thanks,

Peter Frahm

[Pete]

Bump, lil help please...

[Pete]

Everything came out looking great...thanks for your help!!

Guess in the end it was much ado about nothing to worry about.

[dandill]

Peter, do you know what media they used? And also, any details of the backlit frames?

[Pete]

No clue...I saw them on a huge light table at the printer, unmounted. They were on the fast track for shipping and I just needed to approve them. The media looked like any old transparent acetate sort of stuff..a bit heavy and probably with a ink jet friendly coating. Um, you could get all this info If you buzz up Color Image on Milwaukee ave in Chicago. Ask for a tech guy. Pretty cool looking though..they work pretty well.

As for sharpening, I didnt get a response from here so I just shot short of the mark with final output sharpening for lowest dpi and they looked great.

Pete