T3D Re: Lenticular Prints

["Gregory J. Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dylan The Hippy Wabbit <spacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Quotes Dr G.:

>>The Nimslo prints have lenticules .005 in wide. There are 4 stripes
>>(.001 in wide) under each lenticule, one from each lens.

>Am I right in thinking that implies a 0.001 in unexposed strip?

That's going to require a minimum 1,000 dpi resolution printer in at
least one axis, and since you can't trade off dots to get more colors
(because that enlarges the effective dot size), it will have to be able
to print continuous-tone ideally (dye-sub for example), or at least
in multiple shades/pixel if you're willing to make that trade-off too
(color banding/false contouring).

While those specs aren't unachievable, they are going to limit the
choices quite a bit.  You could use a lower LPI material to ease these
requirements.

The idea's very intriguing though.

        -Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)


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